Carea angulata

Carea angulata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.^[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,^[2] China and Indonesia.

Carea angulata
adult
larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Carea
Species:	C. angulata
Binomial name
Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Bombyx angulata Fabricius, 1793 Dabarita subtilis Walker, [1857] Carea innocens Swinhoe, 1918 Carea intermedia Swinhoe, 1918

Description

The wingspan of the female is 42 mm. Palpi upturned. Antennae ciliated. Head, thorax and forewings varying from pinkish red to reddish brown. Abdomen whitish with fuscous to reddish-brown suffusion. Forewing apex quadrate. There is an outwardly oblique line from the costa. A curved double submarginal line runs from the costa before the apex to the outer angle. Hindwings whitish. Some pinkish shade found on outer margin below apex in hindwings.^[3]

Larval food plants are Eugenia cumini, Eugenia jambos, Eugenia myrobalana, Eucalyptus, Ficus, Memecylon, Cleistocalyx, Bombax ceiba and Syzygium species.^[4][5]