Agnidra specularia

Agnidra specularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species: A. specularia
Binomial name
Agnidra specularia
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Fascellina specularia Walker, 1860
  • Drepana specularia
  • Albara specularia
  • Albara ochracina Bryk, 1943

Agnidra specularia is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Walker in 1860.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, north-eastern India (Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim), Bhutan, Vietnam[2] and China (Xizang).[3]

The wingspan is 19-22.5 mm for males and 24-25.5 mm for females. Adults have large sparsely scaled patches on both wings.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Agnidra at funet
  3. Chu, H.-F. & L.Y. Wang, 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus Agnidra Moore, 1868. Acta Entomologica Sinica 31 (1): 85-93.
  4. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 12
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