Xenochroa chlorostigma

Xenochroa chlorostigma is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.^[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,^[2] Himalaya, Sundaland, Philippines and Sulawesi.^[3]

Xenochroa chlorostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Xenochroa
Species:	X. chlorostigma
Binomial name
Xenochroa chlorostigma (Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
Carea chlorostigma Hampson, 1893 Dabareta tumidistigma Warren, 1916 Carea chlorostigma ab. borneonis Strand, 1917 Carea chlorostigma ab. sikkimensis Strand, 1917 Carea chlorostigma borneonis Gaede and sikkimensis Gaede, 1937 Carea chlorostigma Hampson; Holloway, 1976 Xenochroa chlorostigma Hampson; Kobes, 1997

Description

The female is larger than the male. Its forewings have a slightly falcate (sickle shaped) apex. Its reniform spot is conspicuous and dark green. Stigmata orbicular. A dark green patch found just posterior to the orbicular. The caterpillar has a distinct berry-shaped tumidity on its thoracic region. Only primary setae present. Bifid prominence and anal claspers dull black. Head green with orange body segments. Dorsal band olive-greenish brown with a dark dorsal line. A double white line runs laterally which is same as dorsal color, whitish or orange. Spiracular band orange with purple suffusion. Pupation occurs in a silken cocoon. Pupa lacks a cremaster. Cocoon buffy yellow with burnt patchy appearance.^[4]

Larval host plants are Eugenia, Memecylon edule and Syzygium.^[5]