Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Orgyiini > Calliteara
Calliteara horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851)
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- Early stages
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Calliteara horsfieldii
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Calliteara horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851): Falcataria falcata, Acacia mangium, Cassia fistula, Erythrina variegata, Erythrina subumbrans, Moullava spicata, Sesbania bispinosa, Tamarindus indica, Terminalia catappa (Fabaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae), Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae), Pinus kesiya (Pinaceae), Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae), Rosa spp. (Rosaceae), Schleichera oleosa (Sapindaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae), Bombax ceiba (Bombacaceae), Dillenia pentagyna (Dilleniaceae), Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae)? (Robinson et al. 2010)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goa | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- Arctia horsfieldii Saunders, 1851. Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1851: 162.
- Dasychira arga Moore, [1860] 1858-9,. Cat. Lepid. Insects Mus. E. Ind. Co., 2: 339.
- Hampson, G. F. 1892. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 448, # 999, Fig. 309.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/orgyiini/orgyiini_5_1.php [accessed 21 May 2020]
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/01_LYMANTRIINAE/09_Calliteara/Calliteara%20horsfieldii/Calliteara%20horsfieldii.htm [accessed 21 May 2020]
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Calliteara horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357166/Calliteara-horsfieldii
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