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Callidrepana micacea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Callidrepana

Callidrepana micacea is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, on the Andamans, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The upper half of the hindwings, including the entire cell, is whitish. Otherwise the entire coloration of the body and wings is very uniform dark ochreous, covered with very minute iridescent white scales, and on the middle of the forewings some black atoms. A straight dark orange line runs from below the middle of the abdominal margin of the hindwings to near the falcated apex of the forewings and there is an indistinct indication of a dentated orange submarginal line on both wings and a dark marginal line and cilia.

The larvae feed on Bruguiera species.

References

Callidrepana micacea Wikipedia