Migoplastis correcta

Migoplastis correcta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Migoplastis
Species: M. correcta
Binomial name
Migoplastis correcta
(Walker, [1865])
Synonyms
  • Hypsa correcta Walker, [1865]
  • Migoplastis ceylonica Felder, 1868

Migoplastis correcta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Hind wing of male not excised at anal angle. veins 6 and 7 from cell. The branches of antennae are long. Head and thorax ochreous brown. A black speck on vertex of head present. Two specks on collar, two on each patagium and one each on each thoracic segment can be seen. Abdomen yellowish with a dorsal and two lateral paired series of black spots. Fore wing ochreous brown with a wide indistinct post-medial paler band, only defined on the disk. Hind wings are yellowish.[2]

References

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