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Euparyphasma albibasis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euparyphasma

Euparyphasma albibasis is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in India, Taiwan and China.

The wingspan is about 68 mm. The forewings are silvery grey, with a white base and a whitish fascia along the costa from one-fifth from the base to the apex. There are waved ante- and postmedial dark lines and a submarginal series of white specks. The hindwings are pale fuscous, the outer area darker.

Subspecies

  • Euparyphasma albibasis albibasis (India)
  • Euparyphasma albibasis cinereofusca (Houlbert, 1921) (Vietnam, China: Sichuan, Yunnan)
  • Euparyphasma albibasis guankaiyuni Laszlo , G.Ronkay , L.Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (China: Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi)
  • References

    Euparyphasma albibasis Wikipedia