Tascina metallica
| Tascina metallica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Castniidae |
| Genus: | Tascina |
| Species: | T. metallica |
| Binomial name | |
| Tascina metallica Pagenstecher, 1890[1] | |
Tascina metallica is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found on Borneo and Palawan.[2]
Adults have robust, clubbed antennae. The ground colour of the forewings is black, with an oblique white bar and a broad blue dorsum in males and a black hindwing in females. The hindwing underside is rufous brown, although duller in females with a hint of blue along the dorsum.[3]
References
- ↑ Tascina at funet
- ↑ Von Dr. Arnold Pagenstecher (1890). "Heteroceren der Insel Palawan (Heterocera of the Island of Palawan" (PDF). German Entomological Journal (in German). German Entomological Society. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ↑ The Moths of Borneo
External links
Tascina metallica at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
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