Oeonistis altica Linnaeus comb. n.

Phalaena (Noctua) altica Linnaeus, 1768, Iter in Chinam: 10, 11. Upsaliae.

Phalaena (Noctua) altica Linnaeus, 1769, Amoenitates Academicae, 7: 502.

Oeonistis entella Cramer sensu Holloway, 1976: 2.

Oeonistis altica Linnaeus; Mikkola & Honey, 1993: 113.

Diagnosis

See the generic description.

Biology

Semper (1896-1902) illustrated the larva in the Philippines as whitish grey with a black dorsal stripe and greyish setae, the head and legs pale brown. Piepers & Snellen (1904) noted lichens as the larval food in Java, but also added Flacourtia (Flacourtiaceae) and Ficus (Moraceae) to this.

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