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Chalcidica minea

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Species of moth

Chalcidica minea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Chalcidica
Species: C. minea
Binomial name
Chalcidica minea
(Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Bombyx) minea Cramer, 1779
  • Xyleutes mineus
  • Chalcidica mineus
  • Phalaena hyphinoe Cramer, 1779
  • Zeuzera viridicans Eschscholtz, 1821

Chalcidica minea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in India, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and on the Solomon Islands. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Adults have red wings with blue-black patches.

References

  1. "The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  • Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3-4): 335-351.
  • Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Taxon identifiers
Chalcidica minea


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