Polydesma boarmoides

Polydesma boarmoides

''Polydesma boarmoides'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east from Sri Lanka, to Australia, Fiji and New Caledonia. It has also been recorded from the Marianas, Carolines, Society Islands and Hawaii.
Moth - Polydesma boarmoides  French Polynesia,Moth,Polydesma boarmoides,Tahiti

Appearance

The body of the moth has a creamy ground liberally mottled with streaks and dots of both dark and pale brown.

Reproduction

Pupation takes place in a cocoon made of white silk resembling paper.

Food

The larvae, characterized by D. G. Sevastopulo for the "dark brown head with a pale, inverted V-mark", feed on the bark and foliage of ''Acacia'', ''Albizia'' and ''Pithecellobium'' species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusPolydesma
SpeciesP. boarmoides
Photographed in
French Polynesia