Padenia transversa

Padenia transversa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Padenia
Species: P. transversa
Binomial name
Padenia transversa
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Cyllene transversa Walker, 1854
  • Lithosia bifasciata Felder, 1874

Padenia transversa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Sri Lanka and on the Andamans.[1]

Description

Head, thorax and abdomen yellowish white with fuscous suffused. Forewings are yellowish white. Antemedial and postmedials are slightly with angled fuscous bands. Hindwings with yellowish white with a slight fuscous tinge.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Padenia transversa (Walker, 1854)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths volume II". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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