Chalcidica minea

Chalcidica minea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Chalcidica
Species: C. minea
Binomial name
Chalcidica minea
(Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Bombyx) minea Cramer, 1779
  • Chalcidica mineus
  • Phalaena hyphinoe Cramer, 1779
  • Zeuzera viridicans Eschscholtz, 1821

Chalcidica minea is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in India, Vietnam, Thailand, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and on the Solomon Islands.[1] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.[2]

Adults have red wings with blue-black patches.

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