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Oeonistis altica Linnaeus
Phalaena (Noctua) altica Linnaeus, 1768, Iter in Chinam: 10, 11. Upsaliae.
Phalaena (Noctua) altica Linnaeus, 1769, Amoenitates
Academicae, 7: 502.
Oeonistis entella Cramer sensu Holloway, 1976:
2.
Oeonistis altica Linnaeus; Mikkola & Honey, 1993: 113.
Diagnosis.
See the
generic description.
Geographical
range. China,
Taiwan, Vietnam, Sundaland, Philippines.
Habitat
preference. The
species is common in the lowlands, particularly in disturbed forest, though can
occur up to 1620m.
Biology.
Semper
(1896-1902) illustrated the larva in the Philippines as whitish grey with a
black dorsal stripe and greyish setae, the head and legs pale brown. Piepers
& Snellen (1904) noted lichens as the larval food in Java, but also added Flacourtia
(Flacourtiaceae) and Ficus (Moraceae)
to this.
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