Strepsigonia affinis

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Strepsigonia affinis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Strepsigonia
Species:
S. affinis
Binomial name
Strepsigonia affinis
Warren, 1897

Strepsigonia affinis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1897. [1] It is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. [2]

The wingspan is about 27 mm. The forewings are pinkish ochreous with grey suffusion and two spots on the discocellular. There is a ferruginous wavy line, nearly vertical and before the middle. There is also a strongly dentate line at the middle of the costa, running out from veins 3 to 5 an inward again to the middle of the inner margin. The included space is pale rufous. There is a pale, lunulate submarginal line with dark grey shading on both sides and a dark spot between veins 6 and 7. The hindwings are the same as the forewings. [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). "Strepsigonia affinis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Strepsigonia affinis Warren, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Novitates Zoologicae. 4: 17 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .