Eressa subaurata

Eressa subaurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Eressa
Species: E. subaurata
Binomial name
Eressa subaurata
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Glaucopsis subaurata Walker, 1854

Eressa subaurata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1854. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Antennae bipectinate in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate in female. Differs from Eressa confinis in being smaller and in the interno-median hyaline patch of fore wing extending to near the base of wing.[2]

References

  1. Eressa at funet
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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