Europlema desistaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Uraniidae
Genus:
Europlema
Species:
E. desistaria
Binomial name
Europlema desistaria
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Erosia desistaria Walker, 1861
  • Epiplema desistaria
  • Erosia inclarata Walker, 1866
  • Erosia insolita Walker, 1866
  • Epiplema instabilata fuscata Warren, 1897
  • Epiplema fuscata Dalla Torre, 1924

Europlema desistaria is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Flores and Queensland.[2][3]

Description

The moth's wingspan is about 24 mm. Its forewings have an evenly curved outer margin, and its hindwings have slight tails at veins 4 and 7. Its head and collar are fuscous. Its thorax and the first segment of its abdomen are white; the other segments are fuscous. Its forewings are thickly speckled and striated with brown, fulvous and black, the inner area white slightly marked with fuscous. There is a white spot on the cilia. Its hindwings have a white costal area, while the rest of the wing is fulvous and striated with black. The outline between the two areas is very irregular. A laden grey marginal line can be seen from the tail at vein 7 to anal angle.[4]

The adult moths have a complex wing pattern consisting of shades of brown. There is a ragged white inner margin on each forewing and along the costa of each hindwing.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Europlema desistaria (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
  4. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 March 2013). "Epiplema desistaria (Walker, 1861)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 26 July 2018.


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