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Migoplastis correcta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Arctiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Migoplastis

Migoplastis correcta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Description

Hind wing of male not excised at anal angle. veins 6 and 7 from cell. The branches of antennae are long. Head and thorax ochreous brown. A black speck on vertex of head present. Two specks on collar, two on each patagium and one each on each thoracic segment can be seen. Abdomen yellowish with a dorsal and two lateral paired series of black spots. Fore wing ochreous brown with a wide indistinct post-medial paler band, only defined on the disk. Hind wings are yellowish.

References

Migoplastis correcta Wikipedia