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Parasa lepida (Nettle Caterpillar)

Synonyms: Limacodes graciosa; Noctua lepida; Nyssia latifascia; Parasa latifascia; Polyphena latifascia

Wikipedia Abstract

Parasa lepida, the nettle caterpillar or blue-striped nettle grub, is a moth of the Limacodidae family. It is a native minor pest found in the Indo-Malayan region, including India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is an introduced pest to urban trees in western Japan.
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Infraspecies

Parasa lepida lepida
Parasa lepida lepidula

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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
♦ 2Jorrit 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