Cerura liturata
species of moth
Cerura liturata is a moth of the family Notodontidae described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Sundaland.
Description
It is a pure white moth. Palpi are black. Collar and thorax spotted with black. Abdomen may be banded or completely suffused with black, leaving a white patch with a black semicircular mark on the last abdominal segment. Forewings with two waved sub-basal lines from the costa to median nervure, some black spots below the median nervure. A highly waved antemedial band, three waved postmedial lines and a waved medial line present. There is a black line on discocellulars surrounded by a black ring mark. Hindwings are more or less suffused with fuscous.
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