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Agnidra specularia

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Agnidra specularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. specularia
Binomial name
Agnidra specularia
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Fascellina specularia Walker, 1860
  • Drepana specularia
  • Albara specularia
  • Albara ochracina Bryk, 1943

Agnidra specularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, north-eastern India (Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim), Bhutan, Vietnam[2] and Xizang, China.[3]

The wingspan is 19-22.5 mm for males and 24-25.5 mm for females.[4]

Subspecies

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  • Agnidra specularia specularia
  • Agnidra specularia xizanga H.F. Chu & L.Y. Wang, 1988 (China: Xizang)

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Agnidra specularia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Agnidra specularia (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  3. ^ Chu, H.-F. & L.Y. Wang, 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus Agnidra Moore, 1868. Acta Entomologica Sinica 31 (1): 85-93.
  4. ^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12