Its wingspan is about 36–40 mm. Head and thorax dark red brown. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Forewings purplish grey. Costa ochreous. A large red-brown patch occupying the white wing except the costal and outer area, and crossed by an oblique ochreous band. Its costal and outer edges bordered by reddish ochreous, and their angle almost joined by a red-brown streak from the apex. There is a sub-marginal specks series present. Hindwings fuscous. Cilia grey below apex and at outer angle.[1]
Larva is a very slender pale bluish-grey semi-looper. Fine darker longitudinal lines present. The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species.[2]
Referencesedit
^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. "Chalciope mygdon Cramer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
External linksedit
"Triangular striped Moth (Chalciope mygdon)". My Shot Gallery of Bengkulu. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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chalciope, mygdon, triangular, striped, moth, moth, family, noctuidae, species, first, described, pieter, cramer, 1777, found, from, oriental, region, sundaland, triangular, striped, mothscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthr. Chalciope mygdon the triangular striped moth is a moth of the family Noctuidae The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777 It is found from the Oriental region to Sundaland Triangular striped mothScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily ErebidaeGenus ChalciopeSpecies C mygdonBinomial nameChalciope mygdon Cramer 1777 SynonymsGrammodes mygdon Hampson 1777 Noctua mygdon Cramer 1777 Noctua triangulum Fabricius 1787 Chalciope mygdonias Hubner 1823 Chalciope triangulum Fabricius 1787 Description editIts wingspan is about 36 40 mm Head and thorax dark red brown Abdomen greyish fuscous Forewings purplish grey Costa ochreous A large red brown patch occupying the white wing except the costal and outer area and crossed by an oblique ochreous band Its costal and outer edges bordered by reddish ochreous and their angle almost joined by a red brown streak from the apex There is a sub marginal specks series present Hindwings fuscous Cilia grey below apex and at outer angle 1 Larva is a very slender pale bluish grey semi looper Fine darker longitudinal lines present The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species 2 References edit 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 Chalciope mygdon Cramer The Moths of Borneo Retrieved 17 December 2019 External links edit Triangular striped Moth Chalciope mygdon My Shot Gallery of Bengkulu Retrieved 16 August 2016 nbsp This Erebinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chalciope mygdon amp oldid 1215427738, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
