Ophisma gravata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Ophisma |
| Species: | O. gravata
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| Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852
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Ophisma gravata[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, to Okinawa, Taiwan,[2] the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, eastern Australia and New Caledonia.
Description[edit]
Its wingspan is about 60 mm. Males without large tufts on the legs. Hindwings are not crimson or orange as other species. Body pale reddish brown. Forewings with an indistinct straight erect medial pale line with dark inner edge. A slightly curved dark postmedial line and very obscure sub-marginal line can be seen. Cilia white at tips. Hindwings brownish ochreous with a submarginal fuscous black band which is very wide at apex.[3]
The larvae feed on Polygonum species.[4]
Subspecies[edit]
- Ophisma gravata gravata
- Ophisma gravata pallens (eastern Australia and New Caledonia)
References[edit]
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
- ^ "Name code in TaiBNET: 346572 - Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ophisma gravata Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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