About Xanthodes intersepta Guenée, 1852
Xanthodes intersepta Guenée, 1852 is similar to its sympatric species Xanthodes transversa. It differs from X. transversa by having pure white palpi. The vertex of its head is whitish, while its thorax and abdomen are bright yellow. Its legs are reddish brown, and its tibia are covered with long hairs. Its forewings are bright yellow; the forewing's transverse black lines are reduced to a series of specks, and the antemedial series is curved. A large bright rufous triangular patch extends from just below the apex of the forewing, and the forewing cilia are rufous. The hindwings have reddish-brown suffusion with a rufous outer margin. The larval host plant of this species is Abelmoschus esculentus.
