Hydrillodes gravatalis explained

Hydrillodes gravatalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka[2] and Sundaland.[3] [4]

Forewings blackish brown. Punctate submarginals are straw white.[5] Caterpillars feed on detritus and pericarp of Shorea and Dipterocarpus species.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Ragana gravatalis Walker, 1859 . Catalogue of Life . 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . Academia.
  3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Hydrillodes gravatalis (Walker, [1859]) ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 10 October 2018 . 20 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190720142906/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/herminiinae/hydrillodes/#gravatalis . dead .
  4. Web site: Distribution of Hydrillodes gravatalis Walker . Digital Moths of Japan . 28 March 2018 . 19 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220719164735/http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/04_HERMINIINAE/14_Hydrillodes/Hydrillodes%20gravatalis/Hydrillodes%20gravatalis.htm . dead .
  5. Web site: Hydrillodes gravatalis Walker . The Moths of Borneo. 28 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Hydrillodes gravatalis . Dipterocarp Seed Predators. 28 March 2018.