Dasychira colini

Dasychira colini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Lymantriinae
Genus:	Dasychira
Species:	D. colini
Binomial name
	Dasychira colini; (Mabille, 1893)
Synonyms
	Areas colini Mabille, 1893;

Dasychira colini is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Paul Mabille in 1893. It is known from Madagascar and Senegal.^[1]

The female has a wingspan of 52 mm. The wings are of pure and uniform white colour. Body is snow white, back of rings in palish yellow. Mabille named this species after the director of the Royal Observatory of Madagascar, R. P. E. Colin.^[2]

References

^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Unknown". Afromoths. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)^{[failed verification]}
^ Mabille (1893). Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 37: 58. (in French)

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[1] De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Unknown". Afromoths. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)^{[failed verification]}

[2] Mabille (1893). Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 37: 58. (in French)

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