Birthana loxopis

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Birthana loxopis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Birthana
Species:
B. loxopis
Binomial name
Birthana loxopis
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Imma loxopis Meyrick, 1909

Birthana loxopis is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with a narrow irregular orange basal fascia enclosing two small dark fuscous spots. From this fascia rise seven longitudinal yellow-whitish lines on the veins and the dorsum, reaching mostly to about the middle. There is an oblique transverse rather narrow ochreous-white blotch in the disc beyond the middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a slight orange median dash near the base and an orange subdorsal streak from near the base to beyond the middle.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (July 16, 2016). "Birthana loxopis (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 19 (2): 425. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.