PENTATEUCHA CURIOSA Swinhoe, 1908

Female Pentateucha curiosa. Photo: © BMNH Male Pentateucha curiosa. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Pentateucha curiosa Swinhoe, 1908 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8)1: 62. Type locality: [India, Meghalaya,] Khasi Hills.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 104mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY

This species flies at altitude during winter and early spring.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: Information not yet available, but flies during January just over the border in Vietnam (Lao Cai Province).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northeastern India, southwestern China (Yunnan), northern Thailand and northern Vietnam (Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province.


Global distribution of Pentateucha curiosa. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

Unknown.



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