Macrothyatira flavimargo

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Macrothyatira flavimargo
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M. flavimargo
Binomial name
Macrothyatira flavimargo
(Leech, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Thyatira flavimargoLeech, 1900

Macrothyatira flavimargo is a moth in the family Drepanidae. [1] It is found in western China (Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan).

The forewings are fuscous brown, traversed by several darker and paler wavy lines. There is a purplish-brown spot at the base of the wing, this colour also extends over the thorax. The reniform stigma is outlined with blackish and there is a round pinkish-white spot above it, and a larger curved spot towards the apex, outwardly edged with black. On the middle of the inner margin is a narrow erect whitish spot, and towards the anal angle a round ochreous one edged with whitish. The fringe is brown beyond a sinuous black terminal line. The hindwings are fuliginous. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macrothyatira flavimargo". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Seitz, Adalbert. The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A Systematic Description of the Hitherto Known Macrolepidoptera; 1913