Xyleutes persona

Xyleutes persona
	In Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Xyleutes
Species:	X. persona
Binomial name
	Xyleutes persona; (Le Guillou, 1841)
Synonyms
	Cossus persona Le Guillou, 1841; Xyleutes persona biakensis Roepke, 1957; Zeuzera leuconotus Walker, 1856; Xyleutes leuconotus; Duomitus leuconotus; Strigoides leucolophus Guérin-Méneville, 1844;

Xyleutes persona the Persona Wood Moth is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, south-east Asia, Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Queensland. The habitat consists of lowland forests.^[1]

Description

The head and abdomen of the male is black. The thorax is covered with erect white scales. The forewings are blackish. The reticulations (net-like pattern) are not so close. The inner marginal area with irregular white conjoined patches. White patches on the costa towards the apex. A black streak beyond the cell. Hindwings are blackish with black reticulations. A white patch on outer margin towards anal angle present. In the female, a large white patch sometimes developed at the center of the costa of forewing and those towards apex more developed.^[2]

Larvae bore Casuarina trees and have also been recorded feeding on Durio and Premna species.

References

^ The Moths of Borneo
^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] The Moths of Borneo

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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