About Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861)
Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861) has a wingspan of 24 mm in males and 32 mm in females. Adult moths are uniformly pale brown, with a wine-colored (vinous) frons, and slightly speckled brownish grey. On the forewing, the postmedial line is blackened at both the costa and the dorsum, and the forewing has a narrow dark marginal zone. The outer margin of the forewing is evenly curved, and a chocolate-colored marginal band runs from the apex of vein 3. The hindwings have slight tails at veins 4 and 7. The hindwing postmedial line is evenly waved, and a lunulate submarginal band lies between the two tails. The ventral side of the hindwings is whitish. Larvae are dark reddish chocolate in color and sub-cylindrical in shape, with a heart-shaped head. Their setae are black, with white spots located in front of the dorsolateral tubercles. The larval ventral surface is green, with red tinge along the laterals. The pupa is stoutly club-shaped (claviform). The larvae of this species feed on Adina, Breonia (synonymous with Anthocephalus) and Cinchona species.
