Schrankia croceipicta

Schrankia croceipicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypenodinae
Genus: Schrankia
Species: S. croceipicta
Binomial name
Schrankia croceipicta
(Hampson, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypenodes croecipicta Hampson, 1893
  • Hypenodes croceipicta aegrota Berio, 1962

Schrankia croceipicta is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found on Sri Lanka and the Seychelles.[2]

Description

Wingspan is about 20mm. Head brownish ochreous. Thorax purplish grey and abdomen pale. Fore wings with dark purplish with greyish irrorations. There is an oblique orange striga runs from costa near base. A dentate orange antemedial line most prominent at middle, where it has a black streak and spot on its outer edge. A black streak found at end of cell, with an orange striga runs from costa above it. An oblique orange line found from below apex to middle of inner margin, with some diffused grey beyond it. Some white specks can be seen on costa towards apex. Hind wigs whitish, with dark lunules at end of cell. The outer area slightly suffused with fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Pekarsky, O. (2012). "A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae)". ZooKeys. 242 (242): 43–50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.242.3856. PMC 3561679Freely accessible. PMID 23378796.
  2. Schrankia, funet.fi
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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