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Clostera restitura is a moth of the Notodontidae family.[1] It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Hong Kong to Sundaland.
Biology
Forewings brown with slightly darker shading and fine, paler fasciae. Eggs pale green spherical with with three broad, rich brown bands. Caterpillar reddish with a fine dorsal red line. This dorsal line is edged by broad, mottled, whitish bands. Head and tubercle processes black. Dorsal processes bifid, with a central orange patch. Early instars gregariours, whereas late instars are not gregarious. Mature instar larva is grey with paler grey and rufous scribbling all over. Head greyish. Dorsal white dots appear. Pupation is in a loose silken cocoon spun between leaves. Larval stage extends to 11 days with four instars and pupal stage to more than a week. Overall metamorphosis cycle takes about 25 days.[3]
Host plants of caterpillar include Populus, Saliz, Flacourtia, Casearia, Elaeocarpus and Terminalia species.[4]
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References
- ^ "Species Details : Clostera restitura Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Clostera restitura Walker". Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "External Morphology of the Larvae of Clostera Fulgurita Wlk. and Clostera Restitura Wlk. (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)". Indian Forester Journal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
External links
- Clostera restitura (Walker) Larval Behaviour on Poplar (Populus deltoides) Clones
- Evaluation of management tools for the control of poplar leaf defoliators (Lepidoptera: notodontidae) in northwestern India
- Ovipositional preference and larval performance of poplar defoliator, Clostera restitura on different poplar clones in north-western India
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