Biology:Microblepsis prunicolor
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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth
| Microblepsis prunicolor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Microblepsis |
| Species: | M. prunicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Microblepsis prunicolor (Moore, 1888)
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Microblepsis prunicolor is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1888.[1] It is found in north-eastern India , Sikkim, north-eastern Myanmar and possibly China .[2]
The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are dark purplish grey, the forewings with an acutely angled yellowish antemedial line and a similar postmedial line met at the angle by a yellow line from the apex. There is also a pale submarginal line. The hindwings have slightly curved subbasal, medial, and submarginal yellowish lines.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Microblepsis prunicolor". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=84541. Note: This source has 1879 as the year of description.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Microblepsis prunicolor (Moore, 1888)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/microblepsis/#prunicolor.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 337. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/365/mode/1up.
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Wikidata ☰ Q14643174 entry
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