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Microblepsis prunicolor

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Microblepsis

Microblepsis prunicolor is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Moore in 1888. It is found in north-eastern India, Sikkim, north-eastern Burma and possibly China.

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are dark purplish grey, the forewings with an acutely angled yellowish antemedial line and a similar postmedial line met at the angle by a yellow line from the apex. There is also a pale submarginal line. The hindwings have slightly curved subbasal, medial, and submarginal yellowish lines.

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Microblepsis prunicolor Wikipedia