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Antheua servula is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Madras (modern Chennai). It is also found in other parts of India, Sri Lanka and on Sumatra. [1]
Upperside: antennae slightly pectinated. Tongue short. Head, thorax, and abdomen light yellowish sand coloured. Wings yellow buff coloured; the anterior having a small brown spot in the middle of each, and the external edges margined with brown. Posterior wings having a brown patch in the middle of each, with the external edges of the same colour. Underside: breast, legs, abdomen, and wings buff coloured, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 4 inches (100 mm). [2]
Larva brownish with a yellow lateral line and paired subdorsal and sublateral red spots. The stigmata is whitish. Head streaked with black. [3]
Are is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Francis Walker in 1855. The type species is Are druryi, which is found on Jamaica. This species was described by Dru Drury in 1773 under the name Phalaena marginata, but this name is preoccupied by Phalaena marginataLinnaeus, 1758 and a new specific epithet, honouring Drury, was assigned in 1986.
Macroglossum passalus, the black-based hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, south-eastern China, Taiwan, southern Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Dactyloceras lucina is a species of very large moth of the family Brahmaeidae. It is found in central and west Africa, where it has been recorded from Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.
Ceretes thais is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Brazil. Superficially it looks very like a butterfly, and was originally placed by Dru Drury in the "Papilio " group which mostly corresponds with modern Nymphalidae.
Brachyglene caenea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is restricted to south-eastern Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro south to Santa Catarina.
Caryatis phileta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Colla rhodope is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is found from Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.
Imbrasia epimethea is a species of moth belonging to the family Saturniidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from the Calabar coast.
Crameria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its only species, Crameria amabilis, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
Lucinia cadma is a species of brush-footed butterfly. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica. Distinct subspecies are found on other Caribbean islands.
Tifama is a monotypic moth genus in the family Notodontidae erected by Francis Walker in 1855. Its only species, Tifama chera, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. The species is known from Suriname and Brazil.
Gaeana maculata is the type species of cicadas in the genus Gaeana. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773, from China.
Otroeda cafra is a species of moth in the tussock-moth subfamily Lymantriinae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782 from Sierra Leone, and is also found in Cameroon, DR Congo, Malawi, and Nigeria.
Otroeda nerina is a species of moth in the tussock-moth subfamily Lymantriinae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782 from Sierra Leone, and is also found in Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana and Nigeria.
Symmachia menetas is a species in the butterfly family Riodinidae found in Brazil and Suriname. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.
Myscelia orsis is a species of nymphalid butterflies native to Brazil. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782.
Pseudobunaea alinda is a species of very large moths in the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1782, and is found in Angola, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania.
Melinoessa fulvescens is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, native to Sierra Leone and Gambia. It was described by Dru Drury in 1782 as Phalaena fulvata, a name which was pre-occupied. The current, slightly different, specific name was given by L. B. Prout in 1916.
Attatha ino is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1782 from "Madras".
Thysania zenobia, the owl moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776, and is native to North and South America and the Caribbean.
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