Isopsestis cuprina

Isopsestis cuprina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Isopsestis
Species: I. cuprina
Binomial name
Isopsestis cuprina
(Moore, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Palimpsestis cuprina Moore, 1881

Isopsestis cuprina is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Moore in 1881.[1] It is found in China (Tibet), India and Nepal.[2]

The forewings are pale metallic brown, slightly cupreous anteriorly and the area below the cell greenish. There are two or three black transverse antemedian lines angled at the median vein and some basal spots, a black discocellular recurved mark and a spot within the cell. There are five or six transverse discal indistinct sinuous lines with black and white dentate marks on the veins, as well as a submarginal pale lunular line and a marginal black line. The hindwings are pale cupreous-white, with a pale cupreous-brown marginal band.[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
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