Biology:Ercheia multilinea

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Short description: Species of moth

Ercheia multilinea
Ercheia multilinea female.JPG
Echanella multilinea female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ercheia
Species:
E. multilinea
Binomial name
Ercheia multilinea
Swinhoe, 1902[1]
Synonyms
  • Ercheia abnormis Swinhoe, 1904

Ercheia multilinea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines , Sulawesi and Seram. The species is infrequent in forest from the lowlands to 1790m, but is perhaps more often encountered above 1000m.

The species is sexually dimorphic, both sexes being distinctive. Males have most of the forewing a rosy fawn, with the reniform and a subapical patch picked out paler; the dorsum is broadly slaty blue-grey with a white streak at the interior of this zone at two thirds. Females have the forewing longitudinally streaked with dark brown, fawn and cream, with the reniform ringed cream.

Echanella multilinea male
Echanella multilinea female from Borneo

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5385195 entry