Species Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, 1857 [1858]

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Regional Maps

• Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, A. 1858. In Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Vol. 9. Atlas, coloured pls to vols 5-10. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♂, [Society Islands]: Taïti [Tahiti Island].

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Calophyllum inophyllum L. [CLUSIACEAE] Alexandrian Laurel; Anacardium occidentale L. [ANACARDIACEAE] Cashew; Ricinus communis L. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Castor Oil plant; Rosa damascena Mill. [ROSACEAE] Damask Rose; Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. [LECYTHIDACEAE] Freshwater Mangrove; Litchi chinensis Sonn. [SAPINDACEAE] Lychee; Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry [MYRTACEAE] Malay apple; Mangifera indica L. [ANACARDIACEAE] Mango; Nephelium lappaceum L. [SAPINDACEAE] Rambutan; Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston [MYRTACEAE] Rose Apple; Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze [FABACEAE] Scrub Mahogany; Inocarpus fagiferus (Parkinson ex Zollinger) Fosberg [FABACEAE] Tahitian Chestnut; Campnosperma brevipetiolatum Volkens [ANACARDIACEAE]; Syzygium seemannianum Merr. & Perry [MYRTACEAE]).

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