Epipsestis renalis
Epipsestis renalis is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in western India (Kangra, Dharmsala), Nepal,[2] Hunan in China, Pakistan, Vietnam and Thailand.[3]
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The length of the forewings is about 15 mm. Adults are purplish brownish grey, the forewings with a slender, black, erect, sinuous antemedial line, and an outwardly-angulated postmedial line. Contiguous to the latter are two or three less distinct lines, followed by a more distinct submarginal denticulated line and a marginal row of short linear spots. Between the medial bands, the area is grey and the orbicular and reniform spots are pinkish, and both are bordered posteriorly by a raised tuft of brown scales. The hindwings are dusky brown.[4]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epipsestis renalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- Yoshimoto (1982) "Notes on the Genus Epipsestis, with Descriptions of Three New Species from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae)". Tyô to Ga. 32 (3-4): 117-137.
- Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
- Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, collected by Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra district, N.W. Himalaya
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