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Psilogramma increta is grey body, thorax, and wings, where the abdomen is white. The upperside forewing is dark grey in color with poorly defined transversal line. The hindwind is brown with pale patch and two dark lines near the anal.
The larvae is about 69-110 mm, green in color and has black horn, usually could be found under the leaves.
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Wingspan is about 90-122 mm
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Herbivore
Nocturnal
Terrestrial
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Psilogramma increta could be found in open parkland and forest edge.
Continent : Asia
Country : China, India, Hongkong, Jepang, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Filipina, Myanmar.
Male Psilogramma increta can make weak hissing sound by rubbing the scale over spine at the end of the abdomen.
The larvae eats the leaves of host tree such as the member of family Oleaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Verbenaceae.
Diet : Herbivore (Folivore) (Larvae)
Psilogramma increta male and female mating at night and last for 20 hours. The female lay the eggs singly at night under the young leaves. The amount of egg reproduced by the female is about 73-220 eggs.
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Granulosis virus, parasit Zygobothria atropivora, member of Family Ichneumonidae (Quandrus pepsoide), Tachinidae (Drino atropivora).
