Paracrama dulcissima

Paracrama dulcissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:
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[]

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

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[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. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 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.

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