Oxyodes scrobiculata
species of insect
Oxyodes scrobiculata, the longan semi-looper or longan leaf-eating looper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The common name "looper" is used despite looper moths generally being in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, east to Guam, Queensland, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
Description
Its wingspan is about 64 mm. Body ochreous brown or yellow ochreous. Forewing with sub-basal, antemedial, medial, two post-medial and a sub-marginal indistinct waved line present. Orbicular and reniform with black edges and often filled in with black. A lunulate mark often present below the cell. Hindwings with a broad black fascia found below the costa.
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