Spidia planola
| Spidia planola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Spidia |
| Species: | S. planola |
| Binomial name | |
| Spidia planola Watson, 1965 | |
Spidia planola is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Watson in 1965.[1] It is found in Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 15 mm for males and 15-17 mm for females. Both wings are buff, lightly speckled with dark brown, the forewings with two dark grey costal markings and a dark reddish brown discocellular spot and similarly coloured spots at the posterior and anterior angles of the cell. There is a dark reddish brown streak extending from the anterior angle of the cell to about half-way along the posterior margin of the areole and a second dark reddish brown streak extends from the discocellular spot to the base of the wing. There are also six greenish, iridescent patches and a faintly marked oblique postmedial fascia from near the apex to about half the length of the inner margin. There is also a trace of dark subterminal markings near the tornus. The hindwings have a broad, weakly marked, reddish buff, antemedial fascia, a dark reddish brown discocellular spot and a spot at the posterior angle of the cell, as well as a small hyaline patch close to the end of the cell and a reddish grey postmedial shade in the posterior half of the wing. The subterminal area is more reddish than the remainder of the wing.[3]