Astatochroa sulphurata

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Astatochroa sulphurata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Astatochroa
Species:
A. sulphurata
Binomial name
Astatochroa sulphurata
(Warren, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Oreta sulphurataWarren, 1907
  • Psiloreta sulphurata

Astatochroa sulphurata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by William Warren in 1907. [1] It is found in Papua New Guinea. [2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm for males and 30 mm for females. The forewings of the males are pale yellow, the base of the costa reddish. There are two pale brown lines from the inner margin to vein 6 and the subcostal vein. The outer margin is purplish grey, edged by a brown submarginal line, which form a small black-brown pink-edged blotch on veins 2 and 3 and a smaller one on the inner margin. The hindwings have two brown lines and the apex has a slight purplish-grey tinge. Females have greyish-pink forewings with an olive tinge and purplish lines. The costal area of the hindwings is yellowish. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Astatochroa sulphurata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Astatochroa sulphurata (Warren, 1907)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Novitates Zoologicae. 14: 98 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .