Chalcidica minea

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Chalcidica minea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Chalcidica
Species:
C. minea
Binomial name
Chalcidica minea
(Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Bombyx) minea Cramer, 1779
  • Xyleutes mineus
  • Chalcidica mineus
  • Phalaena hyphinoe Cramer, 1779
  • Zeuzera viridicans Eschscholtz, 1821

Chalcidica minea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in India, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and on the Solomon Islands.[1] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.[2]

Adults have red wings with blue-black patches.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. ^ The Moths of Borneo
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3-4): 335-351.
  • Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog