Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel 1907
 (one synonym is Deuterocopus triannulatus Meyrick 1913)
DEUTEROCOPINAE ,   PTEROPHORIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Donald Hobern & Stella Crossley

Deuterocopus triannulatus
(Photo: courtesy of Trevor Jinks, North Burnett)

This caterpillar is mainly green with a pale brown head and a black prothorax. has been found feeding on various species in VITACEAE, including:

  • Woolly Grape ( Vitis lanata )
  • Square-Stemmed Jungle Vine ( Cissus quadrangularis ),
  • Columella trifolia and
  • Taiwan Grape ( Vitis quinquangularis ).

    The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms. The wings are orange, with multiple lobes.

    The species has been found across Africa and Asia, including:

  • Hong Kong,
  • Ishigakijima (Japan),
  • Micronesia,
  • New Guinea,
  • Nigeria,
    as well as in Australia in
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, Fig. 30.14, p. 332.

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    (updated 17 June 2011)