Lyssa zampa
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Lyssa zampa is a butterfly ( moth )found in Southeast Asiafromthe Spanner family (Geometridae).
features
butterfly
The very large moths reach a wingspan of up to 160 millimeters. There is no significant difference in color between the sexes. The females are only slightly lighter and larger than the males. The basic color of the wings varies from velvety nut brown to dark brown to purple brown. The basal region is marbled black-brown. On the upper side of the forewing , a straight white line begins in the middle of the front edge , which runs to above the anal angle on the hind wings. The white line is laid out in a light gray-brown towards the edge. A long, white-edged tail extends from the anal corner. Another, shorter tail, also outlined in white, begins in the middle of the outer edge of the hind wings. In English usage the species is referred to as Tropical Swallowtail Moth (Tropical Night Swallowtail ). The drawing of the forewings appears to be similar, but paler, on the undersides, but the basal region is lighter and more marbled.
Caterpillar
The caterpillars have a yellowish color and are provided with irregular black spots and tubercles over the entire body surface . Sometimes red-brown stripes stand out on the sides. The head capsule and legs are orange.
Similar species
The moths of Lyssa menoetius show somewhat wider white stripes on the upper sides of the wings, which are not lightened towards the edges .
distribution and habitat
Lyssa zampa occurs in the northeastern Himalayan foreland, in Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand , the Philippines and in southeast China . Sporadic occurrences have been reported from Japan and Taiwan . The main habitat are tropical, mountainous deciduous forests. The species was detected at altitudes of 2600 meters.
In addition to the nominate form Lyssa zampa zampa , the following subspecies are known:
Way of life
The moths are nocturnal and can be found all year round, they mainly fly in June and July. You visit at night on artificial light sources . Sometimes they appear in numbers in brightly lit urban areas and fly on headlights. Every year there is a mass appearance of the moths. The approach during a soccer game in Malaysia in 2014 was so intense that the game had to be temporarily interrupted. In the same year there was a mass performance in Singapore . At first about 2000 moths were counted on each tree of the local food plant Endospermum diadenum . A few weeks later, up to 20,000 mostly fully grown caterpillars were identified on each infected tree. In addition, large areas of the tree tops were spun with silk threads. Some pupae were in the foliage. The affected trees were practically completely defoliated. However, within three years the leaves of the trees grew again. The species only occurs as a pest every year. In other regions, the caterpillars also feed on the leaves of other endospermum or cherry myrtle species ( Eugenia ). Pupation takes place in leaf litter in a cocoon spun together from silk threads between leaves.
Individual evidence
- ^ Susan Myers: Wildlife in Southeast Asia , Princeton Pocket Guides, Princeton University, 2016, ISBN 978-0-691-15485-5 , p. 236
- ↑ flight times
- ↑ Malaysia swarmed by giant moths In: BBC News , June 11, 2014
- ↑ a b Anuj Jain and Yi-Kai Tea: Mass emergence of the tropical swallowtail moth Lyssa zampa (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae) in Singapore, with notes on its partial life history , Trop. Lepid. Res., 30 (1), 2020, pp. 20-27
literature
- Susan Myers: Wildlife in Southeast Asia , Princeton Pocket Guides, Princeton University, 2016, ISBN 978-0-691-15485-5
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V. - Taxonomy and photo
- mothsofborneo - The Moths of Borneo
- hostplanta - food plants
- funet.fi - dissemination