Canucha specularis

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Canucha specularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Canucha
Species:
C. specularis
Binomial name
Canucha specularis
(Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Drepana specularisMoore, 1879
  • Platypteryx obtruncataWarren, 1900

Canucha specularis is a moth of the family Drepanidae described by Frederic Moore in 1879. [1] It is found in Hong Kong, India, southern China, Sundaland and Sulawesi. [2]

Description

Head, thorax and abdomen pale ochreous brown. The vertex of the head and shaft of antennae are white. Antennae bipectinated (comb like on both sides) in both sexes, the branches long in the male. Forewings pale ochreous brown. An indistinct antemedial irregular fuscous band. The outer area suffused with fuscous, leaving the veins pale. A pale oblique line from near the apex to inner margin beyond the middle. A submarginal series of black spots present. Hindwings wholly suffused with fuscous, except the base and apex. The oblique line medial. Two hyaline (glass-like) spots present beyond the cell between veins 4 and 6. The submarginal spots indistinct. [3]

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References

  1. "Canucha specularis Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. "Canucha specularis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.