Agnidra discispilaria

Agnidra discispilaria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1867.[1] It is found in north-eastern India, Sikkim and Thailand.[2]

Agnidra discispilaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. discispilaria
Binomial name
Agnidra discispilaria
Moore, 1867
Synonyms
  • Albara discispilaria
  • Drepana discispilaria
  • Agnidra usta Butler, 1886
  • Albara magnidiscata Warren, 1922
  • Albara discispilaria macularis Bryk, 1943

The wingspan is 19–23 mm for males and 21.5-22.5 mm for females.[3] The wings are dull pale sienna reddish, crossed by numerous ill-defined irregular greyish-brown lines. The external border and angle of the forewings is clouded with the same colour. All wings have a dark rounded slate-grey spot at the inferior angle of the discoidal cell. There are some greenish-white scales in each of these spots.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra discispilaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Agnidra Moore, [1868]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series Suppl. 12
  4. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum 6: 17 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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