''Homodes vivida'' is a
moth
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of the family
Erebidae
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first described by
Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in
India
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,
Sri Lanka
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,
Myanmar
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,
Singapore
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,
Borneo
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and
Sulawesi
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.
Both wings darker, redder orange in color. Medially and submarginally pinkish bands present. Medial bands strong and straight. Larval food plants are ''
Artocarpus heterophyllus'', ''
Terminalia paniculata
''Terminalia paniculata'' is a tree native to southwest India (including the Western Ghats and Karnataka). Known in the timber trade as kindal, it has a variety of names in local languages.
It is economically important for wood, medicinal uses, ...
'', ''
Derris
''Derris'' is genus of leguminous plants found in Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. The roots of '' D. elliptica'' contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.
Despite the secondary compounds foun ...
'' and ''
Flindersia
''Flindersia'' is a genus of 17 species of small to large trees in the family Rutaceae. They have simple or pinnate leaves, flowers arranged in panicles at or near the ends of branchlets and fruit that is a woody capsule containing winged seeds. ...
'' species.
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References
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1852
Boletobiinae
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