Banisia myrtaea
| Banisia myrtaea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Thyrididae |
| Subfamily: | Striglininae |
| Genus: | Banisia |
| Species: | B. myrtaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Banisia myrtaea (Drury, 1773) | |
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Banisia myrtaea is a species of moths of the Thyrididae family. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Madras.
Description
Upper side: antennæ brown and setaceous. Palpi, head, neck, thorax, abdomen, and wings reddish flesh-coloured; the latter having some very faint waved lines crossing them. Cilia dark brown. Under side: breast, sides, legs, and abdomen coloured as on the upper side. Wings yellowish, with many small narrow streaks. On the external edges of the anterior wings is a dark brown patch, near the tips. Cilia dark brown. Wing-span 1¼ inches (32 mm).[1]
References
- ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 2. pp. 3-4. pl. II.