Melanothrix alternans

Melanothrix alternans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Melanothrix
Species: M. alternans
Binomial name
Melanothrix alternans
Pagenstecher, 1890
Synonyms
  • Melanothrix homochroa Grunberg, 1914

Melanothrix alternans is a moth in the Eupterotidae family. It was described by Pagenstecher in 1890.[1] It is found in the Philippines (Palawan) and on Borneo. The habitat consists of hill dipterocarp forests and wet heath forests.

Adult males have no white area on the forewings, but a diffuse, triangular ochreous zone on the margin. The females have a white band across the forewings postmedially, and a row of dark circles in the white marginal zone of the hindwing.[2]

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