''Serrodes campana'' is a species of

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of the family

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first described by

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in 1852. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics to eastern

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and

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. It is also present in

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and

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. The adult is a fruit piercer, but also feeds on flower nectar.

Description

The

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is about 80 mm. Head, thorax and basal and outer area of forewings brown and markings larger than other species. Forewings with a sub-basal dark red-brown spot on the costa, with a line from its lower edge. A similar antemedial spot and large lunule found below the cell with a highly excurved line from its lower edge. Reniform broken up into a number of tessellated spots with pale edges, and with rufous marks on the costa above it. A double straight postmedial line angled below the costa. Abdomen and hindwings are fuscous. Hindwings have traces of a medial pale line. Cilia paler at apex and anal angle. Larva ochreous blue grey with bluish-black speckles. The first abdominal segment black and swollen. All the legs are ochreous. The larvae feed on ''

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'', ''

Nephelium ''Nephelium'' is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia. They are evergreen trees with pinnately compound leaves, and edible drupaceous fruit; one species, ''N. lappaceum'' (rambu ...

'', '' Sapindus'', '' Schleichera'' and '' Acer'' species. They are ochreous blue grey, finely and densely speckled with bluish black, the spiracular zone of the abdomen forming a darker but irregular band with a more rufous edging above and below. All the legs are ochreous.

Subspecies

*''Serrodes campana campana'' *''Serrodes campana callipepla'' Prout, 1929

Gallery

File:Serrodes campana female dorsal.jpg, Female, dorsal view File:Serrodes campana female ventral.jpg, Female, ventral view File:Serrodes campana male dorsal.jpg, Male, dorsal view File:Serrodes campana male ventral.jpg, Male, ventral view File:Serrodes campana (Noctuidae Catocalinae) 2.jpg File:Serrodes campana (Noctuidae Catocalinae) 3.jpg

References

Serrodes Moths of Asia Fauna of the Gambia Moths of Africa Moths described in 1852 {{Cocytiini-stub