Oxygonitis sericeoides A.E. Prout, 1922
 CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of C. Redmond and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This caterpillar is green with a pale brown head. The first two pairs of prolegs are atrophied. The caterpillar has been found feeding on

  • Medithella ( Celtis philippensis, CANNABACEAE ).


    (Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    The adult moth of this species has brown forewings with a bluish sheen. Each has a variable white spot, a vague dark patch near the middle, and two wavy transverse dark-edged pale lines. The hindwings are brown, each crossed by one dark-edged pale line. The forewing tips are recurved, and the forewing margins have a cusp. The wingspan is about 5 cms.


    (Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Caravonica, Queensland)

    The species has been found in

  • Moluccas, Indonesia,
  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    This species is sometimes placed in SCOLIOPTERYGINAE.

    Further reading :

    Miss A.E. Prout,
    Some apparently new Species and Forms of Noctuidae,
    Bulletin of the Hill Museum Witley,
    Volume 1 (1922), p. 240, No. 59.

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    (written 6 April 2015)