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| Species: | R. obstructa
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Risoba obstructa is a species of moth of the Nolidae family.
Distribution
Its distribution ranges from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Australia.[1]
Description
Wingspan is about 28-36mm. Head and thorax brown. Tegulae whitish. Fore wings whitish irrorated with brown. There is an oblique white basal band, and red-brown costal area just beyond it. Reniform round with a dark speck at center. A postmedial oblique double line slightly incurved below vein 4 and the area beyonf it red-brown with traces of a sub-marginal waved line. Some apical dark specks and a series of marginal brown and white specks can be seen. Hind wings are semi-hyaline white with broad brown marginal band.[2]
Larva purplish brown with pale sides. Dorsal and lateral white speckled line and a sub-basal whitish streak series can be seen. A series of black dots found between lateral and sub-lateral lines. There is a conical prominence on anal somite.[3]
Ecology
The larva has been recorded on Quisqualis sp., Terminalia sp., Xylia sp., Lagerstroemia sp. and Sterculia sp.[4]
References
- ^ ftp.funet.fi
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881". Butterfly House. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Risoba obstructa Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
