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Chasmina candida is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji, including many islands of the Indian Ocean and Pacific.
Description
Wingspan about 40mm. Fore wings of male quadrate, where the costa somewhat excised. Costal neuration slightly distorted. Male pure white. Palpi and antennae ochreous. Fore tibia and tarsi orange spotted with black. Mid tibia orange above.[1]
Caterpillar pale brown or greenish with short sparse hairs. It has a brown or yellow stripe along each side of the back, with four small thoracic black dots. Pupa is brownish.[2]
Ecology
The larvae have been recorded on Hibiscus tiliaceus and Thespecia populnea.[3]
External links
- The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography
- Australian Insects
- Occurrence of the viable population of Chasmina candida on Praslin Island, Seychelles
- [http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nis/bulletin2010/2010nis211-215.pdf FINAL INSTAR CATERPILLAR AND METAMORPHOSIS OF
CHASMINA CANDIDA (WALKER, 1865) FROM SINGAPORE]
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- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Chasmina candida Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 5 August 2016.