Paracrama dulcissima

Paracrama dulcissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Paracrama
Species:	P. dulcissima
Binomial name
Paracrama dulcissima (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
Nolasena dulcissima Walker, [1863] 1864 Paracrama rectomarginata Hampson, 1891 Paracrama dulcissima ab. aurea Strand, 1917 Paracrama dulcissima ab. flammans Strand, 1917 Paracrama dulcissima aurea Gaede and flammans Gaede, 1937 Paracrama dulcissima Walker; Kobes, 1997

Paracrama dulcissima is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka[2] and the Bismarck Islands.[3]

Description

Forewings greenish bordered with red and gray. Hindwings of the male are deeper orange red while the female has much paler orange-red hindwings. Caterpillar claviform (club shaped). Body yellowish white with brown marbles. Only primary setae present. There are two small conical protuberances found on a transverse ridge. Ventrum is leaden white. Pupation occurs in a dark brown shiny cocoon. Pupa ovoid with cremaster hooks. Cocoon truncated and semi-ovoid.[4]

Larval host plant is Grewia species.[5]

References

1. "Species Details: Paracrama dulcissima Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
3. "The Chloephorinae, Eariadini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
4. "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
5. "Paracrama dulcissima Walker". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.