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Aeolanthes meniscias

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Aeolanthes meniscias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Aeolanthes
Species:
A. meniscias
Binomial name
Aeolanthes meniscias
Meyrick, 1918

Aeolanthes meniscias is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Burma.[1]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-yellowish, whitish-tinged towards the costa in the middle and with the base mixed ferruginous in the middle and towards the costa. There are some ferruginous scales forming a very oblique series from the costa before one-third and there is a lilac-brownish band occupying the dorsal area as far as the cell to the tornus, streaked darker ochreous-brown on the margins of the cell, the fold and the dorsum, the dorsal streak thicker and enlarged before the tornus into a triangular prominence suffused ferruginous. A curved dark ferruginous-brown streak crosses the end of the cell and is prolonged towards the apex, enclosing a fine whitish lunule on the transverse vein, and followed by an ovate pale yellow spot indistinctly edged posteriorly ferruginous-brown. The veins between these markings and the termen are marked with fine dark brown lines and there is a fine dark brown terminal line. The hindwings are light yellowish, the basal third suffused light greyish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Aeolanthes at funet
  2. ^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (7): 196 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.