Aemene taprobanis
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| Aemene taprobanis Walker, 1854
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Aemene taprobanis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1854. It is found in China (Li-Kiang), the north-western Himalayas, India (Sikkim, Assam, Bombay), Sri Lanka and Malacca.[1]
Description
Head and thorax grey. Tegula usually with a black speck. Fore wings grey, more or less suffused with fuscous. Waved sub-basal, antemedial, medial and postmedial black line present. Postmedial lines excurved round the end of cell and then bent inwards to near the medial band and with some diffused streaks beyond it. A series of marginal specks and a black spot at center of cell and another at end of it. Hind wings pale and more or less suffused with fuscous.[2]
Subspecies
- Aemene taprobanis taprobanis
- Aemene taprobanis likiangensis (Daniel, 1951) (China: Li-Kiang)
References
- ^ Aemene at funet
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.