Episteme adulatrix, the day flying moth,Report of the “Study of the Biodiversity of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Campus” by World Wide Fund for Nature -India, Maharashtra State Office, Mumbai is a species of moth in the genus Episteme of the family Noctuidae.Catalogue of life
Distribution This species can be found in Pakistan, India, western China, Nepal, Burma and Taiwan.
Description Episteme adulatrix has a wingspan of about .India Biodiversity The upperside of the forewings is black, with large yellow markings, a row of small white spots and pale blue spots at the base. The upperside of the hindwings is black, with small white submarginal spots and orange spots near the anal angle. Head, thorax and abdomen are black, abdomen with blood-red bands.Westwood, J. O. The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time described and figured
Biology It is a day flying moth (hence the common name). Caterpillars feed on Solanum tuberosum. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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