Mathoris loceusalis is a moth of the family Thyrididae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka[2] and Australia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Thyrididae |
| Genus: | Mathoris |
| Species: | M. loceusalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mathoris loceusalis Walker, 1859
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Its wings are brownish with a reddish outline. Two to three red-outlined white spots are found near the cell of the forewings. There is a black spot near the middle of the hindwings.[4]
Larval food plants are Dendrophthoe glabrescens and Loranthus species.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Species Details: Mathoris loceusalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ "Genus Mathoris Guenee, 1877". Pyralids of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 November 2011). "Mathoris loceusalis (Walker, 1859)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
External links
edit- Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies
- Cool habitats support darker and bigger butterflies in Australian tropical forests
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