Hypocala violacea
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Hypocala |
| Species: | H. violacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypocala violacea Butler, 1879
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Hypocala violacea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
Description
[edit | edit source]Sri Lankan specimens have black markings on dorsal side of hindwings and ventral side of forewings are rather narrow.[1] [2] The larvae feed on Diospyros species.
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