Padenia transversa

Padenia transversa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Padenia
Species: P. transversa
Binomial name
Padenia transversa
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Cyllene transversa Walker, 1854
  • Lithosia bifasciata Felder, 1874

Padenia transversa is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1854. It is found in Sri Lanka and on the Andamans.[1]

Description

Head, thorax and abdomen yellowish white with fuscous suffused. Fore wings are yellowish white. Antemedial and postmedials are slightly with angled fuscous bands. Hind wings with yellowish white with a slight fuscous tinge.[2]

References

  1. Padenia at funet
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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