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Polydesma umbricola (monkeypod moth)

Synonyms: Polydesma collutrix; Polydesma landula

Wikipedia Abstract

The Monkeypod moth, (Polydesma umbricola), also known as Large Tabby, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in Southern Europe, Africa, minor Asia to Southern Asia, of India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Andaman Islands, including many Indian Ocean islands, like Coëtivy Island, Aldabra, Assumption Island, Madagascar and on Hawaii. In South-East Asia lives a similar species: Polydesma boarmoides.
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Prey / Diet

Albizia lebbeck (raom tree)[1]
Pithecellobium dulce (monkeypod)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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