Biology:Agnidra specularia

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

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

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

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

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). Expression error: Missing operand for trunc. "Agnidra specularia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=Expression error: Missing operand for trunc.. 
  2. Savela, Markku. "Agnidra specularia (Walker, 1866)". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/agnidra/#specularia. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q13233673 entry