Paralbara muscularia
Paralbara muscularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in northern India, northern Myanmar and southern China.[2]
| Paralbara muscularia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Paralbara |
| Species: | P. muscularia |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralbara muscularia (Walker, 1866) | |
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The wingspan is about 32 mm.[3] Adults are cinereous brown, the wings with two dark brown lines, the first antemedial and the second postmedial. The latter has a zigzag course and borders the inner side of a dark red broad irregular band.[4]
References
- Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku. "Paralbara muscularia (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 337 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1554
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