Europlema desistaria

Europlema desistaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Europlema
Species: E. desistaria
Binomial name
Europlema desistaria
(Walker, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Erosia desistaria Walker, 1861
  • Epiplema desistaria
  • Erosia inclarata Walker, 1866
  • Erosia insolita Walker, 1866
  • Epiplema instabilata fuscata Warren, 1897
  • Epiplema fuscata Dalla Torre, 1924

Europlema desistaria is a species of moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found in India, Burma, Thailand, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Flores and Queensland.[2][3]

Adults have a complex wingpattern consisting of shades of brown. There is a ragged white inner margin on each forewing and along the costa of each hindwing.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ↑ Europlema at funet
  3. ↑ The Moths of Borneo
  4. ↑ Australian Insects
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