Micronia aculeata

Micronia aculeata
at Bangalore, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
Genus:	Micronia Guenée, 1857
Species:	M. aculeata
Binomial name
Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
Micronia gannata, Guen. Micronia sondaicata, Guen.

Micronia aculeata is a species of moth of subfamily Microniinae of Family Uraniidae found in India.

Description

Wingspan 42–50 mm

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, with a fuscous tinge. "Wings white, closely striated with fuscous ; somewhat ill-defined antemedial, medial, and postmedial fuscous oblique bands ; a fine marginal line and black spot at base of tail of hind wing. Underside white or fuscous.^[1]

References

1. ^ G. F. Hampson (1895) The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths Vol. III

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