Aeolanthes siphonias
| Aeolanthes siphonias | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Aeolanthes |
| Species: | A. siphonias
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| Binomial name | |
| Aeolanthes siphonias Meyrick, 1908
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Aeolanthes siphonias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in northern India.[1]
The wingspan is 22–29 mm. The forewings are whitish with a fine oblique ferruginous line from one-third of the costa to the upper margin of the cell and there is a ferruginous line beneath the posterior half of the costa. The posterior margin of the cell and veins 3-9 are marked with fine ferruginous-brown lines and there is a ferruginous-brown patch along the dorsum from the base, terminating in a triangular spot before the tornus, of which the first half is dark ferruginous-brown edged anteriorly with whitish and posteriorly with black. The second half is dark fuscous and there is a fine blackish terminal line. The hindwings of the males are pale ochreous-yellowish, with the dorsal half suffused with pale greyish, in females the hindwings are light grey.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Aeolanthes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (3): 637
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