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Netria viridescens

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Species of moth

Netria viridescens
from Sri Lanka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Netria
Species: N. viridescens
Binomial name
Netria viridescens
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Netria griseata Hampson, 1892

Netria viridescens is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from the Oriental Tropics to New Guinea.

The wingspan is 66–87 mm.

The larvae only feed on young leaves of Bassia, Mimusops, Sideroxylon and Achras sapota.

Subspecies

  • Netria viridescens viridescens (Java, Bali, Sundaland to New Guinea)
  • Netria viridescens continentalis Schintlmeister, 2006 (north-western and north-eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand)
  • Netria viridescens pallidabasis Schintlmeister, 2006 (Palawan)
  • Netria viridescens suffusca Schintlmeister, 2006 (China: Yunnan)

References

  1. gaga.biodiv.tw
  2. The Moths of Borneo
Taxon identifiers
Netria viridescens


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