Europlema desistaria

Europlema desistaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
Genus:	Europlema
Species:	E. desistaria
Binomial name
	Europlema desistaria; (Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
	Erosia desistaria Walker, 1861; Epiplema desistaria; Erosia inclarata Walker, 1866; Erosia insolita Walker, 1866; Epiplema instabilata fuscata Warren, 1897; Epiplema fuscata Dalla Torre, 1924;

Europlema desistaria is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Flores and Queensland.^[2]^[3]

Description

Its wingspan is about 24 mm. Forewings with evenly curved outer margin. Hindwings with slight tails at veins 4 and 7. Head and collar fuscous. Thorax and first segment of abdomen white. Other segments are fuscous. Forewings thickly speckled and striated with brown, fulvous and black, the inner area white slightly marked with fuscous. There is a white spot on the cilia. Hindwings with white costal area, the rest of the wing fulvous striated with black. The outline between the two area very irregular. A laden grey marginal line can be seen from the tail at vein 7 to anal angle.^[4]

Adults have a complex wing pattern consisting of shades of brown. There is a ragged white inner margin on each forewing and along the costa of each hindwing.^[5]

References

↑ Australian Faunal Directory
↑ Savela, Markku. "Europlema desistaria (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
↑ The Moths of Borneo
↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 March 2013). "Epiplema desistaria (Walker, 1861)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

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[1] Australian Faunal Directory

[2] Savela, Markku. "Europlema desistaria (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

[3] The Moths of Borneo

[4] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[5] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 March 2013). "Epiplema desistaria (Walker, 1861)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 26 July 2018.