Stemorrhages sericea
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| Large emerald pearl | |
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| Hiding on leaf underside | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Stemorrhages |
| Species: | S. sericea |
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| Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773) | |
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Stemorrhages sericea, the Large emerald pearl, is a moth of the subfamily of Spilomelinae within the Crambidae family. It lives throughout Africa south of the Sahara,[1] and the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Comoros.
The larvae feed on Rubiaceae and Apocynaceae. Adults are pale turquoise with a brown stripe at the front edge of the wings. They have a brush of brown scent disseminating scales, called androconia, on the tail that can be everted. It is used in mate attraction.
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