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Achaea serva

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Achaea serva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Achaea
Species:
A. serva
Binomial name
Achaea serva
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua serva Fabricius, 1775
  • Achaea fasciculipes Walker, 1858

Achaea serva is a species of noctuid moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java, the Philippines, the New Hebrides, to Okinawa, many western Micronesian islands and New Guinea and Australia.[1]

Description

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This species has a wingspan of 70–82 mm for the males and 62–80 mm for the females.[2][3][4]

Ecology

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Recorded larval food plants include Buchanania, Ipomoea, Diospyros, Rosa, Sapindus, Madhuca, Manilkara, Mimusops, Palaquium, Sideroxylon, Excoecaria agallocha, Ricinus communis and Acacia auriculiformis.[4]

Subspecies

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  • Achaea serva serva
  • Achaea serva fuscosuffusa (New Guinea)
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References

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  1. ^ "Achaea serva Fabricius (1775)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ Edwards, E. D. (1978). "A Review of the Genus Achaea Hübner in Australia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 17: 329–340. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01501.x.
  3. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Achaea serva Fabricius". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 September 2011). "Achaea serva (Fabricius, 1775)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 December 2019.