Avitta quadrilinea

{{Short description|Species of moth}} thumb|''Avitta quadrilinea'' from Coorg, Western ghats of India {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Avitta quadrilinea | authority = Walker, 1864 | synonyms = *''Asta quadrilinea'' Walker, 1864 *''Bocana quadrilinealis'' Moore, 1867 *''Imleonga[sic] completa'' Rothschild, 1915 }}

'''''Avitta quadrilinea''''' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/bb118f11dc6a7c1bc087e3decb32d9a7 |title=Species Details: ''Avitta quadrilinea'' Walker, 1864 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> It is found in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, the Indian subregion, the Philippines,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Erebinae/Avitta%20group/Asta%20completa.htm |title=The ''Avitta'' group (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Erebinae) of Papua Indonesia |website=Papua-Insects.nl |publisher=The Papua Insects Foundation |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> Sulawesi<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/avitta/#quadrilinea |title=''Avitta quadrilinea'' (Walker, [1863]) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=October 3, 2018 |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725033644/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/calpinae/avitta/#quadrilinea |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57 |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |publisher=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>

Forewings elongated and grey brown. There are four oblique, parallel darker brown fasciae. Reniform dark brown. Caterpillar has a dull yellow head which is surrounded by black. Body uniform dull watery green with yellow segmental margins. It prefer to rest stretched out beneath the tender leaves. Pupa lacks a powdery bloom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_ii/miscellaneousii_6_1.php |title=''Asta quadrilinea'' Walker comb. rev. |website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> Larval host plants include ''Alseodaphne semecarpifolia'' and ''Cinnamomum zeylanicum''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?&Familyqtype=starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+with&Genus=Avitta&PGenusqtype=starts+with&PGenus=&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Species=&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PSpecies=&Country=&sort=Family |title=HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants |publisher=The Natural History Museum |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>

One subspecies is recorded - ''Avitta quadrilinea completa'' Rothschild, 1916.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/abe69fb6e8bb0eba69889feae568785c |title=Infraspecific Taxon Details: ''Avitta quadrilinea completa'' Rothschild, 1916 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>

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Category:Moths of Asia Category:Moths described in 1864 Category:Catocalinae Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)