| Xyleutes persona | |
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| In Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Xyleutes |
| Species: | X. persona |
| Binomial name | |
| Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou, 1841) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Xyleutes persona the Persona Wood Moth is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, south-east Asia, Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Queensland. The habitat consists of lowland forests. [1]
The head and abdomen of the male is black. The thorax is covered with erect white scales. The forewings are blackish. The reticulations (net-like pattern) are not so close. The inner marginal area with irregular white conjoined patches. White patches on the costa towards the apex. A black streak beyond the cell. Hindwings are blackish with black reticulations. A white patch on outer margin towards anal angle present. In the female, a large white patch sometimes developed at the center of the costa of forewing and those towards apex more developed. [2]
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