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Polydesma boarmoides

Synonyms: Polydesma boarmioides; Polydesma mastrucata; Polymdesma boarmoides

Wikipedia Abstract

Polydesma boarmoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east from Sri Lanka, to Australia, Fiji and New Caledonia. It has also been recorded from the Marianas, Carolines, Society Islands and Hawaii. The larvae, characterized by Sevastapulo for the "dark brown head with a pale, inverted V-mark", feed on the bark and foliage of Acacia, Albizia and Pithecellobium species. The body of the moth has a creamy ground liberally mottled with streaks and dots of both dark and pale brown.
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Prey / Diet

Litchi chinensis (lychee)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0