Machairophora fulvipuncta

Machairophora fulvipuncta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Machairophora
Species:	M. fulvipuncta
Binomial name
	Machairophora fulvipuncta; Hampson, 1893

Machairophora fulvipuncta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893 from the Maskeliya area in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is about 20 mm. In the male, the head, collar and tegula are orange yellow. Its thorax is dark brownish with a few orange scales. Abdomen and wings are very dark brown. Forewings with a dusky-yellow patch at the center of the inner margin. The female is wingless.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Machairophora fulvipuncta Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Machairophora fulvipuncta Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.