Lixa productalis

Lixa productalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Lixa; Walker, 1866
Species:	L. productalis
Binomial name
	Lixa productalis; Walker, 1865
Synonyms
	Hypsopygia productalis; Herculia productalis;

Lixa is a genus of snout moths. It contains only one species, Lixa productalis, which is found on Borneo[1][2] and Taiwan.[3]

Adult males are reddish-fawn speckled with black. There is a black line which extends from the tip of the forewing to two-thirds of the length of the interior border of the hindwings.[4]

Subspecies

Lixa productalis productalis (Borneo)
Lixa productalis taiwana Heppner, 2005 (Taiwan)

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Herculia productalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
Digital Moths of Asia
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List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Herculia productalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[2] Digital Moths of Asia

[3] .biodiv.tw

[4] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.