Sewa orbiferata
| Sewa orbiferata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Sewa |
| Species: | S. orbiferata |
| Binomial name | |
| Sewa orbiferata (Walker, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sewa orbiferata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Walker in 1862.[1] It is found in northern India, northern Burma, Malaysia, Borneo, Java and China (Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian).[2]
Adults are white, the forewings with four cinereous obliquely quadrate spots on the costa and an irregular broad discal transverse band, which is transversed by two short wavy streaks and a submarginal series of small spots. The marginal line is blackish. The hindwings are suffused with orange-yellow on the lower part of the exterior border and there is a brownish-cinereous submarginal band, maculated anteriorly and traversed posteriorly by two parallel white lines, beneath which are three short black streaks. Two similar streaks are found above it on the abdominal margin.[3]
Subspecies
- Sewa orbiferata orbiferata (northern India, northern Burma, Malaysia, Borneo, China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian)
- Sewa orbiferata cilicoides (Snellen, 1889) (Java)