Hasora hurama

Hasora hurama (Butler, 1870)
(one synonym: Hesperia hurama)
Broad Banded Awl
COELIADINAE, HESPERIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 28 July 2001)

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The Caterpillars of this species may basically be green or brown, They have four white lines along the body and four black spots on each segment, and they have white hairs. Thhe head and prothorax are black. They live in a shelter made by joining leaves with silk. They feed on:

Bagin ( Derris trifoliata, FABACEAE ).

underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

They pupate in their larval shelter.

The adults are dark brown, with a broad diagonal white stripe across the underside of each hind wing. The males have a black line on the rear of each forewing. They have a wing span of about 5 cms.

This species is found through Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomons, as well as the tropical north of Australia.