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Toxoides undulatus

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Species of false owlet moth

Toxoides undulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Toxoides
Species: T. undulatus
Binomial name
Toxoides undulatus
(Moore, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Osica undulatus Moore, 1867
  • Toxoides longipennis Hampson, 1893
  • Toxoides emphloius Bryk, 1943

Toxoides undulatus is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1867. It is found in India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand and Yunnan, China.

The forewings are dark ferruginous brown, suffused with grey broadly from the posterior angle. There are numerous transverse blackish pale-bordered undulating lines, and a marginal lunulated line. The hindwings are a brownish-fawn colour.

References

  1. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
  2. On the Lepidopterous Insects of BengalPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Toxoides undulatus


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