Banisia myrtaea
Banisia myrtaea is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Madras.
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| Species: | B. myrtaea |
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| Banisia myrtaea (Drury, 1773) | |
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Description
Upper side: antennæ brown and setaceous. Palpi, head, neck, thorax, abdomen, and wings reddish flesh-coloured; the latter having some very faint waved lines crossing them. Cilia dark brown. Under side: breast, sides, legs, and abdomen coloured as on the upper side. Wings yellowish, with many small narrow streaks. On the external edges of the anterior wings is a dark brown patch, near the tips. Cilia dark brown. Wing-span 1¼ inches (32 mm).[1]
References
- Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John Obadiah (ed.). Illustrations of exotic entomology : containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties. Vol. 2. London: Henry G. Bohn. pp. 3-4. pl. II. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.12137. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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