Risoba obstructa

Risoba obstructa is a species of moth of the family Nolidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1881.

Risoba obstructa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Risoba
Species:
R. obstructa
Binomial name
Risoba obstructa
Moore, 1881
Synonyms
  • Risoba grisea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Crioa albifusa Turner, 1942

Distribution

Its distribution ranges from Sri Lanka and India to the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Australia.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is about 28–36 mm. Head and thorax brown. Tegulae whitish. Forewings whitish irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. There is an oblique white basal band, and red-brown costal area just beyond it. Reniform round with a dark speck at center. A postmedial oblique double line slightly incurved below vein 4 and the area beyonf it red brown with traces of a sub-marginal waved line. Some apical dark specks and a series of marginal brown and white specks can be seen. Hindwings are semi-hyaline white with broad brown marginal band.[2]

Larva purplish brown with pale sides. Dorsal and lateral white speckled line and a sub-basal whitish streak series can be seen. A series of black dots found between lateral and sub-lateral lines. There is a conical prominence on anal somite.[3]

Ecology

The larva has been recorded on Quisqualis sp., Terminalia sp., Xylia sp., Lagerstroemia sp. and Sterculia sp.[4]

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References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 May 2016). "Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Risoba obstructa Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.


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