Capissa vagesa

Capissa vagesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Arctiidae
Genus:	Capissa
Species:	C. vagesa
Binomial name
Capissa vagesa (Moore, [1860])[1]
Synonyms
Lithosia vagesa Moore, [1860] Eilema vagesa Lithosia innotata Butler, 1877 Capissa auriflava Moore, 1878 Capissa flavens Moore, 1878

Capissa vagesa is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the north-western Himalayas, Kashmir, Nepal and Burma (Upper Burma).^[2]

Adults have yellow wings, but the forewings have a fold of androconial scales within and along the cubital vein. The hindwings have a darker central patch of androconial scales.

References

1. Dubatolov, V. V. & V. V. Zolotuhin. (2011). Does Eilema Hübner, (1819) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera? Euroasian Entomological Journal 10(3) 367-79, 380, col. plate VII.
2. Eilema at funet