Danielithosia fuscipennis

Danielithosia fuscipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Danielithosia
Species: D. fuscipennis
Binomial name
Danielithosia fuscipennis
Dubatolov, Kishida & Wang, 2012

Danielithosia fuscipennis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in China (Guangdong).[1]

The length of the forewings is 10 millimetres (0.39 in) for males and 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in) for females. The forewings are light buff with a diffuse lightening along the costal margin at the basal 1/3. The hindwings are noticeably lighter than the forewing, with darker apical and external margins.[2]

References

  1. Dubatolov, V.V. 2013: A new species and new combinations of Danielithosia from eastern China and Indochina, with check-list of the genus (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1): 381-386. Full Article
  2. Dubatolov V.V., Kishida Y., Wang M., 2012: Dolgoma striola sp. nov. a new species of lichen moths from the Nanling mountains (Guangdong, China) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Amurian Zoological Journal IV (3): 274-276. Full article: .
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