Moth – Orsonoba SP.

Location : Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

          Kingdom: Animalia

          Phylum: Arthropoda

          Class: Insecta

          Order: Lepidoptera

          Family: Geometridae

         Genus: Orsonoba
HOST PLANT
          Ochreinauclea missionis  (Attuvanchi in Malayalam)

 Ochreinauclea missionis is a species of plant in the Rubiaceaefamily. It is endemic to           India. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Kingdom:      Plantae

Order:           Gentianales

Family:          Rubiaceae

Genus:          Ochreinauclea

Species:         O. missionis


MY OBSERVATIONS
                Caterpillar, early stage, reddish yellow in colour

                Then become more red

                         02-11-2010 – Caterpillar red in colour with black head

                         Always seen in groups in one leaf, when that leaf is over shifting into another leaf

                        If disturbed it falls from the leaf through a web-like string and again reach the leaf through that web

                        24-11-2010 – Colour changed to black

                   26-11-2010 – Making a nest using web in the afternoon and inside it  pupation       takes place

                   06-12-2010 – Emerged from pupa

IT TAKES 10 DAYS FOR BECOME ADULT FROM THE NEXT DAY OF PUPATION

Acknowledgement:

 K.Jayaram