About Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862)
This species, Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862), has a wingspan of approximately 3 centimeters. Adult moths are reddish ocherous, with their wings evenly marked by brown striae. An oblique reddish-brown line runs from the apex of the forewing to the inner margin of the hindwing, before the middle of the inner margin. On the ventral side, there is a dark spot at the end of the forewing cell, and the oblique line appears as black streaks on the ventral surface. In some subspecies, an additional line is present on the hindwing: this line originates from the same point on the costa as the main oblique line, and curves to the inner margin above the anal angle, or runs obliquely to the outer margin before the anal angle. Larvae are olive-colored, with an ocherous first somite and a black head. They have a small number of short distal hairs, and a series of transverse black dots spanning from the second to the terminal somite. Larvae of Striglina scitaria feed on Sesbania bispinosa, Cassia corymbosa, Notonia grandiflora, Cassia fistula, Albizia procera, Derris elliptica, Combretum indicmu, Bauhinia racemosa, Kleinia grandiflora, and Quisqualis indica.
