Biology:Thosea cervina
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | T. cervina
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| Thosea cervina Moore, 1877
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Thosea cervina is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1877.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and India .
In the male, the upperside is a greenish fawn colour. Forewing with a transverse discal narrow, which is slightly curved to a dark brown band. There is a black spot at end of cell. Underside uniform brownish. There is a white spot at antennae base and on fore tibia.[3]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Thosea cervina Moore, 1877". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/ccedf55e362817bba3a1cc6dc9a6a179.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757.
- ↑ Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On a collection of Lepidoptera obtained by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee from Lifu (Loyalty Group), with descriptions of the new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20 (118): 348–359. doi:10.1080/00222937708682245. https://zenodo.org/record/1787871/files/article.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q14491030 entry
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