Leopa katinka Westwood
Leopa katinka female
Cocoon.
Distribution. North-east India
Ovum. Medium size, yellow-brown in colour.
Foodplants. Larva eat Vitis (grape)
and Parthenocissus sp.
Larva. The fifth instar larva average 8 cm.
They are easy to rear and grow very fast but require warm and umid conditions
Baxter
(1992). Two brood.
Cocoon. Slender, dark brown and attached to
twigs. Very similar to cecropia cocoon but smaller.
Adults. Male and female 8-10 cm.
Books. For more informations see Gardiner
(1982), Baxter (1992), Pinratana
A., Lampe R. E. J. (1990), Peigler R. S.,
Wang H. Y. (1996).
Webb page. Leopa
sikkima Moore
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