Darth Maul Moth

Description:

This moth was found inside the bark of a tree. Closely resembled much less distributed Olepa ocellifera, differ only due to lack of chain like small yellow banded black spots in between large spots in fore wings, which present in O. ocellifera. In The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii, Hampson discussed b0th two species in single quote as follows: "Head and thorax dark greyish brown in colour. Collar fringed with crimson and with a pair of pale-ringed black spots. Tegulae with two pairs and vertex of thorax with one similar spot. Abdomen crimson with a series of short dorsal black bands and lateral spots. Fore wings are fuscous brown with very numerous pale-ringed black spots in the interspaces. Hind wing crimson, with ante-medial, medial, post-medial and marginal bands and more or less conjoined blotches. Larva dark brown in body colour with white and dorsal and lateral tufts of long dark hair."

Habitat:

Seen at a botanical garden at Kolkata.

Notes:

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