Arctornis cygna
| Arctornis cygna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lymantriidae |
| Genus: | Arctornis |
| Species: | A. cygna |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctornis cygna (Moore, 1879) | |
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Arctornis cygna is a moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found in Bengal, Sikkim, China,[1] Taiwan[2] Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Description
The wingspan is 42–49 mm. Adults are on wing from May to December. Fore wings has stalked vein 7,8 and 9. Veins 10 and 11 are free from the cell. In male, head and thorax pure white. and antennae are brownish. Abdomen fulvous and fore legs are bright orange. Fore wings with white basal area from the costa middle to outer angle, where the rest of the wing is hyaline with traces of a postmedial band of silvery scales. Hind wings are pure white. In female, the whole fore wings are pure white with three raised bands of silvery white scales on outer half of wing.[3]
The larvae have been reported feeding on Durio zibethinus.[4]
References
- ↑ Arctornis at funet
- ↑ Oriental Butterflies & Moths
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ Final Import Risk Analysis on the Importation of Fresh Durian Fruit (Durio zibethinus Murray) from the Kingdom of Thailand Archived March 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.