MEGACORMA OBLIQUA OBLIQUA (Walker, 1856)

Female Megacorma o. obliqua. Photo: © BMNH Male Megacorma o. obliqua. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Macrosila obliqua Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 208. Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 120--145mm.


Adult Megacorma o. obliqua, Thailand. Photo: © Ian Kitching Adult Megacorma o. obliqua, Palawan, Philippines. Photo: © Jan Petersen Adult Megacorma obliqua obliqua, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. Photo: © C.W. Gan.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 27.vi (Yunnan).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Pingbian Co., Dawei Shan Nature Reserve, 2000m; Yinjiang); Hainan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Sri Lanka, north-eastern India, Burma/Myanmar, south-western China (Yunnan, Hainan), Thailand, northern Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Ceram, Papua Barat), Philippines (including Palawan), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.


Global distribution of Megacorma obliqua obliqua. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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