Capissa vagesa

Capissa vagesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Capissa
Species: C. vagesa
Binomial name
Capissa vagesa
(Moore, [1860])[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia vagesa Moore, [1860]
  • Eilema vagesa
  • Lithosia innotata Butler, 1877
  • Capissa auriflava Moore, 1878
  • Capissa flavens Moore, 1878

Capissa vagesa is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the north-western Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal and Burma (Upper Burma).[2]

Adults have yellow wings, but the forewings have a fold of androconial scales within and along the cubital vein. The hindwings have a darker central patch of androconial scales.

References

  1. ↑ Dubatolov, V. V. & V. V. Zolotuhin. (2011). Does Eilema Hübner, (1819) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(3) 367-79, 380, col. plate VII.
  2. ↑ Eilema at funet
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