Canucha specularis
| Canucha specularis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Canucha |
| Species: | C. specularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Canucha specularis (Moore, 1879) | |
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Canucha specularis is a moth of the Drepanidae family.[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 in color. Antennae bipectinated in both sexes, the branches long in the male. Fore wings 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. Hind wings wholly suffused with fuscous color, except the base and apex. The oblique line medial. Two hyaline spots present beyond the cell between veins 4 and 6. The submarginal spots indistinct.[3]
References
- ↑ "The Moths of Borneo". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ↑ "Canucha specularis". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.