Dasychira colini
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Dasychira colini (Mabille, 1893)
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Dasychira colini is a species of moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is known from Madagascar and Senegal.[1]
The female has a wingspan of 52 mm. The wings are of pur 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]
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