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Macrothyatira conspicua

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Macrothyatira

Macrothyatira conspicua is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in China (Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan) and Taiwan.

The forewings are pale fuscous brown, traversed by faint wavy lines. There is an irregularly shaped white basal patch, marked with black spots and outlined with black. The stigmata is white, outlined with black and there is a large white patch at the middle of the costa traversed by short dark lines and another towards the apex preceded and followed by black lines. There are some smaller white spots with black outlines on the outer part of the inner margin. The hindwings are yellowish, with a blackish subterminal band, outwardly diffuse.

References

Macrothyatira conspicua Wikipedia