Hypospila bolinoides

Hypospila bolinoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypospila
Species:	H. bolinoides
Binomial name
	Hypospila bolinoides; Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
	Thermesia signipalpis Walker, 1858; Hypospila thermesina Guenée, 1863 (disputed); Moepa concisa Walker, 1865; Thermesia orientalis Leech, 1900; Hypospila andamana Swinhoe, 1919;

Hypospila bolinoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, China north to Japan and east to New Guinea, Queensland and the Carolines.

Description

The wingspan is 36–44 mm.^[2] Male with ciliated antennae. Cell of hindwings short. Veins 7 and 8 distorted and vein 6 given off below angle of cell. Body much darker red-brown. Palpi black with white tips. Forewings with reniform reduced to a pale speck. The postmedial line less oblique, arising from the costa before apex, and not angled. Hindwings with straight postmedial line.^[3]

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Derris species. When disturbed they drop to the ground or jump off their leaf.^[4]

References

^ Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
^ "裳夜蛾 Hypospila bolinoides Guenee, 1852". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line]. May 21, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ 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. "Hypospila bolinoides Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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[1] Catalogue of Life in Taiwan

[2] "裳夜蛾 Hypospila bolinoides Guenee, 1852". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line]. May 21, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[4] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Hypospila bolinoides Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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