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Spilosoma strigatula

Synonyms: Spilosoma apuncta; Spilosoma cervina; Spilosoma rubescens (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Spilarctia strigatula is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found in Sundaland, Thailand, Nepal and Burma. The ground colour is dull brownish red, the forewings heavily suffused with brown and flecked with black. The larvae feed on Dioscorea, Alternanthera, Commelina, Gerbera, Ipomoea, Musa, Paspalum, Sesbania and Vanda species. They have a dark brown body with pale orange-brown tufts.
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Prey / Diet

Alternanthera littoralis (sessile joyweed)[1]
Commelina benghalensis (jio)[1]
Dioscorea oppositifolia (Chinese yam)[1]
Ipomoea aquatica (Chinese waterspinach)[1]
Ipomoea batatas ('uala)[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