Pseudalbara parvula

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Pseudalbara parvula
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P. parvula
Binomial name
Pseudalbara parvula
(Leech, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Drepana parvulaLeech, 1890
  • Drepana musculaStaudinger, 1892
  • Drepana griseolaMatsumura, [1909]

Pseudalbara parvula is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1890. [1] It is found in China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Manchuria), south-eastern Russia and Japan. [2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is mouse grey with two white dots at the end of the cell, from the first of which a dark line curves to the inner margin. Two other dark lines start at the apex, one descending with a slight curve to the outer angle, the other to the centre of the inner margin. At the apex is a small yellowish spot, bordered externally with black. The hindwings are brownish grey. [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). "Pseudalbara parvula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Collections of the Lepidoptera Section
  3. Entomologist. 23: 112 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .