Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Drepanidae | |
Hyalostola is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. It contains the species Hyalostola phoenicochyta, which is found on Borneo.
The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are semi-hyaline white, irrorated with rufous scales and tinged with purplish crimson to beyond the middle. There are traces of rufous postmedial line, oblique to vein 4 and then incurved. There are some rufous marks before the termen. The hindwings are semi-hyaline white, tinged with purplish crimson, and irrorated with some rufous scales. There are some diffused rufous marks on the termen.
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