Friday, September 27, 2013

Dark Palm Dart (Telicota bambusae)


Rare insect of mainly wet zone lowlands up to about 1500m. usually found settled on roadside grasses or weeds. Larval host plants are Schizostachyum brachycladum, Bambusa multiplex, Bambusa ventricosa, Bambusa vulgaris, Dendrocalamus giganteus, Bambusa bambos and Ochlandra stridula