Eressa confinis
| Eressa confinis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Eressa |
| Species: | E. confinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eressa confinis (Walker, 1854) | |
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Eressa confinis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1854. It is found in India (Sikkim, Nilgiris), Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Burma,[1] Taiwan and China.
Description
The is 20–23 mm.[2] Antennae bipectinate in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate in female. Body dull black in color with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Fore wings are with a hyaline spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hind wings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.[3]
Subspecies
- Eressa confinis confinis
- Eressa confinis finitima (Wileman, 1910) (Taiwan)
- Eressa confinis szechueniensis Obraztsov, 1954 (western China)
References
- ↑ Eressa at funet
- ↑ Oriental Butterflies & Moths
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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