Callidrepana micacea
| Callidrepana micacea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Callidrepana |
| Species: | C. micacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Callidrepana micacea (Walker, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Callidrepana micacea is a moth in the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, on the Andamans, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm.[3] The upper half of the hindwings, including the entire cell, is whitish. Otherwise the entire coloration of the body and wings is very uniform dark ochreous, covered with very minute iridescent white scales, and on the middle of the forewings some black atoms. A straight dark orange line runs from below the middle of the abdominal margin of the hindwings to near the falcated apex of the forewings and there is an indistinct indication of a dentated orange submarginal line on both wings and a dark marginal line and cilia.[4]
The larvae feed on Bruguiera species.