Brunia antica

Brunia antica
Brunia antica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Brunia
Species: B. antica
Binomial name
Brunia antica
(Walker 1854)
Synonyms
  • Lithosia antica Walker, 1854
  • Eilema antica
  • Lithosia brevipennis Walker, 1854
  • Lithosia natara Moore, 1859 [1860]
  • Lithosia intermixta Walker, 1864
  • Ilema atrifrons Hampson, 1907
  • Eilema kosemponensis Strand, 1917
  • Lithosia horishanella Matsumura, 1927

Brunia antica is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from the Indian Subregion to China, the Ryukyu Islands, the Chagos Archipelago, the Nicobar Islands and Sundaland.

There is strong sexual dimorphism in the imago, with the males having a more or less uniform straw colour, whereas females have the forewing darker, greyer, with a narrow straw-coloured costal strip.

This species has a wingspan of 26mm.[1] The biology is unknown, but the larvae probably feed on lichen and/or algae.

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