Stenopsestis alternata

Stenopsestis alternata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Stenopsestis
Species: S. alternata
Binomial name
Stenopsestis alternata
(Moore, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Palimpsestis alternata Moore, 1881
  • Stenopsestis alternata bryki Yoshimoto, 1993

Stenopsestis alternata is a moth in the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in India (Sikkim), Nepal, Burma, China (Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet) and Thailand.[2]

The forewings are pale metallic cupreous-brown, crossed by a broad basal, a median, and two narrow submarginal greenish-grey indistinct bands. There are some black basal spots, an ante- and postmedian transverse black sinuous line and black and white streaks externally along the veins. The hindwings and abdomen are pale cupreous-brown.[3]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Jiang, N., Yang, C., Xue, D-Y. & Han, H-X. 2015: An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species. zootaxa 2015 3941.
  3. Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera