Panau adusta

Panau adusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Panau
Species: P. adusta
Binomial name
Panau adusta
(Roepke, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Xyleutes adusta Roepke, 1957

Panau adusta is a moth in the Cossidae family. It was described by Roepke in 1957. It is found in Vietnam, Malaysia and on Sumatra, Java and Borneo.[1] The habitat consists of alluvial forests, swamp forests, lowland dipterocarp forests and mangroves.

The forewings are bone grey with a blackish band from the basal third of the costa to the margin. The basal half of the forewing is divided by two black streaks enclosing a white or pale brown streak.[2]

References

  1. Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
  2. The Moths of Borneo