MEGANOTON RUBESCENS RUBESCENS (Butler, [1876])

Female Meganoton rubescens rubescens. Photo: © BMNH Male Meganoton rubescens rubescens. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Diludia rubescens Butler, [1876], Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 623. Type locality: North India.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Male Meganoton rubescens rubescens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: © Wendy Lim Male Meganoton rubescens rubescens, Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. Photo: © C.W. Gan.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:


Full-grown larva of Meganoton rubescens rubescens. Image: Mell, 1922b

PUPA:


Pupa of Meganoton rubescens rubescens. Image: Mell, 1922b Pupa of Meganoton rubescens rubescens. Image: Mell, 1922b

Larval hostplants. Annona, Melodorum (Annonaceae), Kigelia, Spathodea (Bignoniaceae) (Inoue, Kennett & Kitching, [1996] 1997).


PARASITOIDS

Ichneumonidae: Quandrus pepsoides (Smith).


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Guangdong (Shaoguan, 700m).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Northeastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China, and northern Vietnam.


Global distribution of Meganoton rubescens rubescens. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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