Craniophora fasciata

(Craniophora fasciata)

Description

Craniophora fasciata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Moore in 1884. It is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia. The adult has brown or grey wings. A broken dark band runs across its forewings. The caterpillar is greenish with a yellow stripe along each side. There are another two yellow stripes in the last body segment. Larval food plants include Olea, Ligustrum vulgare and Osmanthus species.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Noctuidae
Genus:Craniophora
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