Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Erebidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Calpinae | |
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Corcobara angulipennis is a species of moth of the Erebidae family.
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Distribution
It is found in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka and the Solomons.
Description
Wingspan of male is 42mm and female 50mm. In male, head and thorax dark reddish brown in color. Abdomen orange with black extremity. Fore wings glossy reddish brown with many black stria. There are two specks found at end of cell. Hind wings orange with a large fuscous black spot near apex. Ventral side orange colored. Fore wings with dark specks on costa and outer margin. A dark submarginal band hind wings with dark specks on costa and spot near apex. Some specimens have the basal inner area of fore wing speckled with yellow and a medial ill-defined yellow band from cell to inner margin. Female much similar to male, but with very much paler fore wings.
Larva with rudimentary first two proleg pairs. There is a conical dorsal hump on 11th somite. Body greyish brown dorsally and purple in ventral. Lateral sides are greyish with a longitudinal brown line. Spiracles black. Head ochreous with a black spot in front.