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Panau adusta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cossidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Panau

Panau adusta is a moth in the Cossidae family. It was described by Roepke in 1957. It is found in Vietnam, Malaysia and on Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The habitat consists of alluvial forests, swamp forests, lowland dipterocarp forests and mangroves.

The forewings are bone grey with a blackish band from the basal third of the costa to the margin. The basal half of the forewing is divided by two black streaks enclosing a white or pale brown streak.

References

Panau adusta Wikipedia