Apona plumosa

Last updated

Apona plumosa
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Apona
Species:
A. plumosa
Binomial name
Apona plumosa
Moore, 1872

Apona plumosa is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1872. [1] It is found in India. [2]

The wingspan is 94–102 mm. Adults are similar to Apona cashmirensis , but are darker red-brown. The medial line on the forewings is curved below the costa, and there are faint traces of waved lines. The postmedial line is whitish inwardly and rufous outwardly and the outer area is darker, without a waved line, the veins crossing it rufous. The hindwings have almost obsolete waved and postmedial lines and the outer area is dark, without a waved line. [3]

Related Research Articles

<i>Eudocima hypermnestra</i> Species of moth

Eudocima hypermnestra is a moth of the family Erebidae described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in China, Thailand, Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka.

<i>Chiasmia emersaria</i> Species of moth


Chiasmia emersaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Nepal, northern Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, Japan and the Ryukyu Islands.

<i>Apona caschmirensis</i> Species of moth

Apona caschmirensis is a moth of the family Eupterotidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in Nepal, Pakistan and India.

<i>Mnesiloba dentifascia</i> Species of moth

Mnesiloba dentifascia is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is known from the Oriental tropics.

<i>Ischyja manlia</i> Species of moth

Ischyja manlia is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Okinawa, Sundaland, Sulawesi, Korea, the southern Moluccas, Australia (Queensland) and Palau. Adults pierce the skin of fruit to suck the juice.

<i>Blasticorhinus rivulosa</i> Species of moth

Blasticorhinus rivulosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka.

<i>Fascellina chromataria</i> Species of moth

Fascellina chromataria is a moth in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.

<i>Palirisa cervina</i> Species of moth

Palirisa cervina is a moth of the family Eupterotidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1865. It is found in south-east Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, India and Taiwan.

<i>Gesonia obeditalis</i> Species of moth

Gesonia obeditalis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found from eastern Africa, the Seychelles, the Maldives and the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka east to the Philippines, the Sula Islands and Australia. The adult moth has brown wings with a scalloped dark brown band near the margin. The hindwings are similar in pattern to the forewings but are a paler shade of brown.

Chloroclystis rubrinotata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1893. It is endemic to India.

Ziridava xylinaria, the indistinct carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Hong Kong and on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and possibly the Philippines and Sulawesi.

Gymnoscelis admixtaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Japan.

Eriopithex recensitaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, on Borneo and in the Australian state of Queensland.

Gymnoscelis imparatalis, the flower-looper moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago. The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.

Gymnoscelis deleta is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and probably in Sri Lanka according to Hampson.

Gymnoscelis ectochloros is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka according to Hampson.

Apona shevaroyensis is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1884. It is found in Sri Lanka.

<i>Eupterote mollifera</i> Species of moth

Eupterote mollifera is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Eupterote patula is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Thailand, Myanmar and India.

Eupterote murina is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1877. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Apona plumosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Taxonomy Browser: Apona plumosa". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 53 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.