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== Description == |
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Its wingspan is 42–50 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white with a fuscous tinge. Wings white, closely striated with fuscous; somewhat ill-defined antemedial, medial, and postmedial fuscous oblique bands; a fine marginal line and black spot at base of tail of hindwing. Underside white or fuscous.<ref name="Hampson">{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1895 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma |volume=Moths Volume III |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> |
Its wingspan is 42–50 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white with a fuscous tinge. Wings white, closely striated with fuscous; somewhat ill-defined antemedial, medial, and postmedial fuscous oblique bands; a fine marginal line and black spot at base of tail of hindwing. Underside white or fuscous.<ref name="Hampson">{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1895 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma |volume=Moths Volume III |publisher=Taylor and Francis |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> Palpi are porrect, slender and rather long. Antennae thickened and flattened. |
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Fore wing with the acute costa arched towards apex. However, the outer margin is straight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857 |url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268539 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=India Biodiversity Portal}}</ref> |
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File:Micronia aculeata vijayanrajapuram 01.jpg|Micronia aculeata at Madikai, Kerala, India |
File:Micronia aculeata vijayanrajapuram 01.jpg|Micronia aculeata at Madikai, Kerala, India |
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| Genus: | Guenée, 1857
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Micronia aculeata is a species of moth of subfamily Microniinae of family Uraniidae found in India and Sri Lanka towards Sulawesi.[1] It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Description
Its wingspan is 42–50 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white with a fuscous tinge. Wings white, closely striated with fuscous; somewhat ill-defined antemedial, medial, and postmedial fuscous oblique bands; a fine marginal line and black spot at base of tail of hindwing. Underside white or fuscous.[2] Palpi are porrect, slender and rather long. Antennae thickened and flattened. Fore wing with the acute costa arched towards apex. However, the outer margin is straight.[3]
Gallery
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Micronia aculeata at Madikai, Kerala, India -
In Kaludiya Pokuna Forest, Kandalama, Sri Lanka
References
- ^ "Micronia aculeata Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
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