Agnidra specularia

Agnidra specularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1860.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, north-eastern India (Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim), Bhutan, Vietnam[2] and Xizang, China.[3]

Agnidra specularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. specularia
Binomial name
Agnidra specularia
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Fascellina specularia Walker, 1860
  • Drepana specularia
  • Albara specularia
  • Albara ochracina Bryk, 1943

The wingspan is 19-22.5 mm for males and 24-25.5 mm for females. Adults have large sparsely scaled patches on both wings.[4]

Subspecies
  • Agnidra specularia specularia
  • Agnidra specularia xizanga H.F. Chu & L.Y. Wang, 1988 (China: Xizang)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra specularia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Agnidra specularia (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  3. Chu, H.-F. & L.Y. Wang, 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus Agnidra Moore, 1868. Acta Entomologica Sinica 31 (1): 85-93.
  4. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12


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