''Dervishiya cadambae'' is a

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in the family Cossidae. It is found in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Retrieved April 20, 2018. The larvae feed on ''

Ficus ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending in ...

'' species, '' Nauclea cadamba'' and '' Tectonia grandis''.

References

* , 2006, New ''Cossidae'' (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia, ''Tinea'' 19 (3): 188–213.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae Moths described in 1865 Moths of Asia {{Cossinae-stub