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Mustilia sphingiformis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Endromidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Mustilia

Mustilia sphingiformis is a moth in the Endromidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including Vietnam, Myanmar, India and Bhutan.

The wingspan is 58–82 mm. The head and thorax are purplish grey-brown and the abdomen is dark brown. The forewings are pale red-brown, with the markings slight and obsolescent. The whole outer area is suffused with chestnut from the apex to the outer angle as far as the postmedial line at the middle. The hindwings are mostly ochreous, but the inner area is brown.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ficus retusa and Fraxinus pennsylvanica.

Subspecies

  • Mustilia sphingiformis gerontica
  • Mustilia sphingiformis gerontica West, 1932
  • References

    Mustilia sphingiformis Wikipedia