Agnidra specularia

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Agnidra specularia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. specularia
Binomial name
Agnidra specularia
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Fascellina speculariaWalker, 1860
  • Drepana specularia
  • Albara specularia
  • Albara ochracinaBryk, 1943

Agnidra specularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka, north-eastern India (Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim), Bhutan, Vietnam [2] and Xizang, China. [3]

The wingspan is 19-22.5 mm for males and 24-25.5 mm for females. Adults have large sparsely scaled patches on both wings. [4]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra specularia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 10 July 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Savela, Markku. "Agnidra specularia (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  3. Chu, H.-F. & L.Y. Wang, 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus Agnidra Moore, 1868. Acta Entomologica Sinica31 (1): 85-93.
  4. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12