{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | name = Catapult moth | image = E-Serrodes partita (Fabricius, 1775)-(Phalaena Inara).jpg | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus = Serrodes | species = partita | authority = (Fabricius, 1775) | synonyms = *''Noctua partita'' <small>Fabricius 1775</small> *''Ophiodes basisignum'' <small>Walker, 1858</small> *''Phalaena inara'' <small>Cramer, 1780</small> *''Phoberia korana'' <small>Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874</small> }}

'''''Serrodes partita''''', the '''catapult moth''', is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in western, eastern, central, and southern Africa,<ref>[https://archive.today/20130116124923/http://africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/CATACALINAE/serrodes%20partita.htm "''Serrodes partita'', (Fabricius, 1775) Catapault Moth"]. ''African Moths''. Archived January 16, 2013.</ref> India, Indonesia (Borneo, Java) and Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2018 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SERRPART |title=''Serrodes partita'' (Fabricius, 1775) |website=Afromoths |accessdate=January 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/serrodes/serrodes_1.php | title=''Serrodes'' Guenée | website=The Moths of Borneo | accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref>

==Description== The wingspan of the adults is approximately 60&nbsp;mm. The head, thorax, and forewings are dark, red, or greyish brown—with a sub-basal dark red-brown spot on the costa, with a line from its lower edge. A similar antemedial area and large lunule are found below the cell with a highly excurved line from its lower edge. Reniform is broken up into several tessellated spots with pale edges and rufous marks on the costa above it. A double straight postmedial line angled below the costa. The abdomen and hindwings are fuscous. Hindwings have traces of a medial pale line. Cilia paler at the apex and anal angle.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1894 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>

They feed on plants such as ''Prunus persica'', ''Sapindus saponaria'', ''Sapindus trifoliatus'',<ref>[http://www.globalspecies.org/ntaxa/1482887 "''Serrodes partita''"]. ''Global Species''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.</ref> ''Pappea capensis'', ''Sapindus saponica'', ''Grewia occidentalis'', ''Citrus'', ''Deinbollia oblongifolia'', ''Acacia'', ''Deinbollia pinnata'', ''Eucalyptus blobulus'', and ''Leptospermum laevigatum''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/CALPINAE/serrodes%20partita.htm | title=''Serrodes partita'' (Fabricius, 1775) | website=African Moths | accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref>

==See also== *Cutworm

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Category:Serrodes Category:Moths described in 1775 Category:Moths of Cape Verde Category:Moths of Africa Category:Moths of Réunion Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius

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