Lixa productalis
| Lixa productalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Lixa Walker, 1866 |
| Species: | L. productalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lixa productalis Walker, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lixa is a genus of snout moths. It contains only one species, Lixa productalis, which is found on Borneo[1][2] and Taiwan.[3]
Adult males are reddish-fawn speckled with black. There is a black line which extends from the tip of the forewing to two-thirds of the length of the interior border of the hindwings.[4]
Subspecies
- Lixa productalis productalis (Borneo)
- Lixa productalis taiwana Heppner, 2005 (Taiwan)
References
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