Biology:Capissa vagesa

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Capissa vagesa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Capissa
Species:
C. vagesa
Binomial name
Capissa vagesa
(Moore, [1860])[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia vagesa Moore, [1860]
  • Eilema vagesa
  • Lithosia innotata Butler, 1877
  • Capissa auriflava Moore, 1878
  • Capissa flavens Moore, 1878

Capissa vagesa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the north-western Himalaya s, Kashmir, Nepal and Burma (Upper Burma).[2]

Adults have yellow wings, but the forewings have a fold of androconial scales within and along the cubital vein. The hindwings have a darker central patch of androconial scales.

References

  1. Dubatolov, V. V. & V. V. Zolotuhin. (2011). Does Eilema Hübner, (1819) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(3) 367-79, 380, col. plate VII.
  2. Eilema at funet

Wikidata ☰ Q15303960 entry