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Aeolanthes siphonias

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Aeolanthes siphonias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Aeolanthes
Species:
A. siphonias
Binomial name
Aeolanthes siphonias
Meyrick, 1908

Aeolanthes siphonias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in northern India.[1]

The wingspan is 22–29 mm. The forewings are whitish with a fine oblique ferruginous line from one-third of the costa to the upper margin of the cell and there is a ferruginous line beneath the posterior half of the costa. The posterior margin of the cell and veins 3-9 are marked with fine ferruginous-brown lines and there is a ferruginous-brown patch along the dorsum from the base, terminating in a triangular spot before the tornus, of which the first half is dark ferruginous-brown edged anteriorly with whitish and posteriorly with black. The second half is dark fuscous and there is a fine blackish terminal line. The hindwings of the males are pale ochreous-yellowish, with the dorsal half suffused with pale greyish, in females the hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Aeolanthes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (3): 637 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.