Thosea cervina

Thosea cervina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Thosea
Species:	T. cervina
Binomial name
	Thosea cervina; Moore, 1877

Thosea cervina is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1877.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and India.

In the male, the upperside is a greenish fawn colour. Forewing with a transverse discal narrow, which is slightly curved to a dark brown band. There is a black spot at end of cell. Underside uniform brownish. There is a white spot at antennae base and on fore tibia.[3]

References

"Species Details: Thosea cervina Moore, 1877". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
Koçak, Ahmet Ömer & Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On a collection of Lepidoptera obtained by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee from Lifu (Loyalty Group), with descriptions of the new species" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (118): 348–359. doi:10.1080/00222937708682245.

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[1] "Species Details: Thosea cervina Moore, 1877". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer & Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79): 1–57 – via Academia.

[3] Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On a collection of Lepidoptera obtained by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee from Lifu (Loyalty Group), with descriptions of the new species" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (118): 348–359. doi:10.1080/00222937708682245.