Micronia aculeata

Micronia aculeata
at Bangalore, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Micronia
Guenée, 1857
Species: M. aculeata
Binomial name
Micronia aculeata
Guenée, 1857
Synonyms

Micronia gannata, Guenée
Micronia sondaicata, Guenée

Micronia aculeata is a species of moth of subfamily Microniinae of Family Uraniidae found in India and Sri Lanka towards Sulawesi.[1]

Description

Wingspan 42–50 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, with a fuscous tinge. "Wings white, closely striated with fuscous; somewhat ill-defined antemedial, medial, and postmedial fuscous oblique bands; a fine marginal line and black spot at base of tail of hind wing. Underside white or fuscous.[2]

In Kaludiya Pokuna Forest, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

References

  1. "Micronia aculeata Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. G. F. Hampson (1895) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths Vol. III
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