Biology:Chalcidica minea

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Short description: Species of moth


Chalcidica minea
Xyleutes mineus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Chalcidica
Species:
C. minea
Binomial name
Chalcidica minea
(Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Bombyx) minea Cramer, 1779
  • Xyleutes mineus
  • Chalcidica mineus
  • Phalaena hyphinoe Cramer, 1779
  • Zeuzera viridicans Eschscholtz, 1821

Chalcidica minea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in India , Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and on the Solomon Islands.[1] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.[2]

Adults have red wings with blue-black patches.

References

  1. ↑ "The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia". http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Cossidae/Chalcidica/Chalcidica%20mineus.htm. 
  2. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3-4): 335-351.
  • Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Wikidata ☰ Q18129848 entry




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