Eressa subaurata
| Eressa subaurata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eressa |
| Species: | E. subaurata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eressa subaurata (Walker, 1854) | |
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Eressa subaurata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854 and is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in the male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate (tooth like on one side) in the female. Differs from Eressa confinis in being smaller and in the interno-median hyaline patch of forewing extending to near the base of wing.[2]
References
- ↑ Eressa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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