Family Lymantriidae Rank Species | ||
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Similar Arctornis, Calliteara grotei, Pida postalba, Lymantria concolor, Numenes patrana | ||
Arctornis cygna is a moth of the Lymantriidae family. It is found in Bengal, Sikkim, China, Taiwan 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.
The larvae have been reported feeding on Durio zibethinus.
References
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