Habrosyne sanguinea

Habrosyne sanguinea is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.[1] It is found in Sikkim in India, Tibet in China and Nepal.[2]

Habrosyne sanguinea
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H. sanguinea
Binomial name
Habrosyne sanguinea
Moore, 1882

The wingspan is about 44 mm. The forewings have a bright ferruginous basal patch, bearing a silvery spot below the median nervure, and also creamy white on its outer edge. The outer half of the wing is dark ferruginous brown, with a bright ferruginous streak and patch on the inner margin, the latter with a waved white inner edge. There are two bright ferruginous patches on the costa with white inner edges. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Habrosyne sanguinea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. pp. 179–180 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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