Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/167241 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D83C13-CC42-FFF7-FC8B-FDFFFBB2FABB |
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Felipe |
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Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862) |
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Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862) View in CoL ( Figure 6 View Figures 1-7 )
1862. Drepanodes scitaria Walker, List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. , 26: 1488-1489.
Material examined: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Laxminagar, 11.xi.2018 (02 ♂), Watch tower, 06.xi.2018 (01 ♂, 01 ♀), Bird watching point, 14.xi.2018 (01 ♀, 01 ♂), Steel bridge, East West Road , 13.xi.2018 (01 ♀), leg. K. C. Gopi & party .
Description: Wing span 20-24 mm. Head, collar, thorax and abdomen scarlet; antennae filiform; labial palpi upturned. Adult with ground color pale scarlet with both wings uniformly striated with brown. A purplish red diagonal line crossing both wings which runs from before apex of forewing to the inner margin of hindwing.
Distribution: India: Nicobar Island, Assam, Andaman Islands, ( Sutton et al., 2015); China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Goa, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, West Malaysia, Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, Indonesia (Java, Bali, Sulawesi), Philippines, Australia, Fiji ( Sutton et al., 2015).
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