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Ulotrichopus rama

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Kingdom
  
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Hexapoda

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Scientific name
  
Catocala rama

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Ulotrichopus rama is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Sumatra, Flores and Sri Lanka.

Description

The wingspan is about 66-72 mm. Mid tibia of male with a tuft of long hair arise from the base. Head and collar reddish, whereas thorax and abdomen greyish. Fore wings grey with black irrorated. A short sub-basal line, an oblique antemedial waved black line can be seen. Reniform spot indistinct and pale with a fuscous patch on the costa above it. The postmedial line extremely irreugularly dentate and highly angled beyond the cell. Hind wings are yellow with a curved medial black band which not reaching costa or inner margin. The outer are black with irregular inner edge and pale patched at apex and anal angle. Ventral side with a dark band and outer area of both wings are dark.

References

Ulotrichopus rama Wikipedia


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