Craniophora fasciata
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| Craniophora fasciata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Craniophora |
| Species: | C. fasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Craniophora fasciata Moore, 1884 | |
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Craniophora fasciata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1884.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Japan,[3] Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia.
The adult has brown or grey wings. A broken dark band runs across its forewings. The caterpillar is greenish with a yellow stripe along each side. There are another two yellow stripes in the last body segment.[4] Larval food plants include Olea, Ligustrum vulgare and Osmanthus species.[5]
