Caeneressa diaphana

Caeneressa diaphana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Caeneressa
Species: C. diaphana
Binomial name
Caeneressa diaphana
(Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis diaphana Kollar, 1844
  • Syntomis melas Walker, 1854
  • Syntomis vitreata Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
  • Syntomis andersoni Moore, 1871
  • Syntomis oenone Butler, 1876
  • Syntomis melaena Hampson, 1898

Caeneressa diaphana is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found from India to southern China, Taiwan and Sundaland.[1]

The wingspan is 38–45 mm.[2] The wings of the males are mostly transparent except for a black bar at the end of the forewing cell and an irregular black apical zone. In females, the apical zone of both wings is more extensive, and the bar at the end of the cell is broader, more irregular, with a narrow black band connecting it with a marginal black area. The abdomen is irregularly ringed with dull yellow.[3]

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