Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Nygmiini > Arna
Arna bipunctapex (Hampson, 1891)
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Arna bipunctapex
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Arna bipunctapex (Hampson, 1891): Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae), Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae), Glochidion heyneanum (Phyllanthaceae), Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae), Morus alba (Moraceae), Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae)?, Pyrus (Rosaceae), Ricinus communis, Triadica sebifera, Vernicia cordata (Euphorbiaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Terminalia myriocarpa, Terminalia paniculata, Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae) (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 |
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| All states |
Similiar species:
Arna apicalis Walker, 1855. Sri Lanka
Arna apicalis has the FW yellow marginal area narrower, & HW yellow marginal band reduced to a fine line.
Undescribed Arna sp. in MON, Part 3, Pl. 81/15.
Arna apicalis has the FW yellow marginal area narrower, & HW yellow marginal band reduced to a fine line.
Undescribed Arna sp. in MON, Part 3, Pl. 81/15.
References:
- OD:Somena bipunctapex Hampson, 1891. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum Part 8, pg. 57, Pl. 140 fig 13. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/57/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/n156/mode/1up?view=theater
- Euproctis bipunctapex Hampson, 1891 in Hampson, G. F. [1893]. 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 484, #1103.
- Euproctis bipunctapex Hampson, 1891 In: Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 81/14.
- Wang, H.S., Wang, M. and Fan, X.L., 2011. Notes on the tribe Nygmiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Nanling National Nature Reserve, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2887(1), pp.57-68.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/nygmiini/nygmiini_1_1.php
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Arna bipunctapex (Hampson, 1891). 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/357822/Arna-bipunctapex
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