Monday, November 1, 2010

Blue Tiger Moth (Dysphania percota)

MY OBSERVATIONS

 24-07-1990 - Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram

CATERPILLAR
Orange in colour with dark blue patches
Black spots in the blue patches
Usually stands in the twig using the suckers in the hind portion

Caterpillar will clasp with its front legs and draw up the hind end, then clasp with the hind end (prolegs) and reach out for a new front attachment

HOST PLANT
           Carallia brachiata “Vallabham” in Malayalam
FAMILY          Rhizophoraceae
Species          Carallia brachiata


PUPA
           Pupating by rolling the leaf in the afternoon
           The leaves are pasted with webs brown in colour
           Orange in colour
3 cm length, 1 cm width in the middle
Face looks like monkey


ADULT
Emerging at night around 10.00 PM
            It is a day flying moth



GENERAL


    Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Arthropoda
Class:            Insecta
Order:            Lepidoptera
Family:           Geometridae
Subfamily:     Geometrinae
Tribe:             Dysphaniini
Genus:           Dysphania
    Species:       D. percota


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