Stenopsestis alternata

Stenopsestis alternata is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in Sikkim in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet.[2]

Stenopsestis alternata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Stenopsestis
Species:
S. alternata
Binomial name
Stenopsestis alternata
(Moore, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Palimpsestis alternata Moore, 1881
  • Stenopsestis alternata bryki Yoshimoto, 1993
  • Nemacerota alternata Moore, 1881

The forewings are pale metallic cupreous brown, crossed by a broad basal, a median, and two narrow submarginal greenish-grey indistinct bands. There are some black basal spots, an antemedian and postmedian transverse black sinuous line and black and white streaks externally along the veins. The hindwings and abdomen are pale cupreous brown.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nemacerota alternata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 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. Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera


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