Paracrama dulcissima
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Paracrama |
| Species: | P. dulcissima
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| Paracrama dulcissima (Walker, 1864)
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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
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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
[edit]- ^ "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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 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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