Hydrillodes morosa

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Hydrillodes morosus.jpg

| taxon = Hydrillodes morosa

| authority = Butler, 1879

| synonyms =

  • Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854
  • Bleptina morosa Butler, 1879

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Hydrillodes morosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/0b877f25a8b31d128ef0e91f33a0051d |title=Species Details: Hydrillodes morosa Butler, 1879 |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=29 May 2018}} It is found in Sri Lanka,{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=Ahmet Ömer |last2=Kemal |first2=Muhabbet |date=20 February 2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1782757 |title=Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka |journal=Cesa News |issue=79 |pages=1–57 |via=Academia}} Myanmar and China-Korea border.{{cite journal |last1=Han |first1=Hui-Lin |last2=Jin |first2=Da-Yong |last3=Nguyen |first3=Cuong |last4=Park |first4=Kyu-Tek |title=Six Species of the Subfamily Herminiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) New to China, with Seven New Records from Mt. Changbai |journal=Korean Journal of Applied Entomology |date=2006 |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=131–137 |url=https://koreascience.kr/article/JAKO200634741582865.page }}{{cite journal |title=Lepidopterous Insect Fauna of Mt. Geumwonsan, Prov. Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea |journal=Journal of Korean Nature|volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=233–235d |doi=10.7229/jkn.2012.5.3.233 |year=2012 |last1=Roh |first1=Seung-Jin |last2=Shin |first2=Sat-Byul |last3=Shin |first3=Young-Min |last4=Eom |first4=Tae-Yang |last5=Oh |first5=Seong-Jin |last6=Byun |first6=Bong-Kyu |doi-access=free }}

The caterpillar is known to feed on fresh, mature leaves of Litsea coreana.{{cite journal |title=A review on phytochemical and pharmacological properties of Litsea coreana |journal=Pharmaceutical Biology |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=1368–1374 |doi=10.1080/13880209.2017.1302482 |pmid=28301985 |year = 2017|last1 = Jia|first1 = Xuejing|last2=Li |first2=Peng |last3=Wan |first3=Jianbo |last4=He |first4=Chengwei |pmc=7011990 |doi-access=free }}

The species has been used in experiments with insect teas.

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