Albara reversaria

Albara reversaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Albara
Species:	A. reversaria
Binomial name
	Albara reversaria; Walker, 1866
Synonyms
	Albara opalescens Warren, 1897; Albara griseotincta Wileman, 1914; Albara horishana Matsumura, 1921;

Albara reversaria is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya and Taiwan.

The larvae feed on Myrica species, as well as the leaves of Quercus variabilis. Mature larvae fix their body to the base of a leaf with silk and curve the leaf margins where pupation takes place.[2]

Subspecies

Albara reversaria reversaria (Sumatra)
Albara reversaria opalescens (north-eastern Himalaya (Khasis), China (Kwangtung, Linping), Taiwan)

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Albara reversaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
"Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

External links

The Moths of Borneo

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[LepIndex-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Albara reversaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[2] "Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-19.