Hyalospectra pustularia

Hyalospectra pustularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Hyalospectra
Species:	H. pustularia
Binomial name
	Hyalospectra pustularia; (Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
	Strepsigonia pustularia Walker, 1861; Ectothyris pustularia; Macaria pustularia;

Hyalospectra pustularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Siberut.[2]

Adults are whitish, the wings mostly fawn coloured exteriorly, thinly and irregularly black speckled, with two macular irregular hyaline (glass-like) iridescent bands, of which the second is marginal. There are some blackish patches, which are intersected by three irregular whitish lines and by whitish veins.[3]

References

Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Hyalospectra pustularia (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 938

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Hyalospectra pustularia (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 938