Hyalospectra pustularia
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Drepanidae |
Genus: | Hyalospectra |
Species: | H. pustularia
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Binomial name | |
Hyalospectra pustularia (Walker, 1861)
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Hyalospectra pustularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Siberut.[2]
Adults are whitish, the wings mostly fawn coloured exteriorly, thinly and irregularly black speckled, with two macular irregular hyaline (glass-like) iridescent bands, of which the second is marginal. There are some blackish patches, which are intersected by three irregular whitish lines and by whitish veins.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Hyalospectra pustularia (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 938 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.