Hyalospectra pustularia
| Hyalospectra pustularia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Hyalospectra |
| Species: | H. pustularia |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyalospectra pustularia (Walker, 1861) | |
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Hyalospectra pustularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Siberut.[2]
Adults are whitish, the wings mostly fawn coloured exteriorly, thinly and irregularly black speckled, with two macular irregular hyaline (glass-like) iridescent bands, of which the second is marginal. There are some blackish patches, which are intersected by three irregular whitish lines and by whitish veins.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Hyalospectra pustularia (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 938
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