Agnidra fuscilinea

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Agnidra fuscilinea
Agnidra fuscilinea - Malaysia.jpg
Agnidra fuscilinea - Brinchang, Malaysia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. fuscilinea
Binomial name
Agnidra fuscilinea
(Watson, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Albara fuscilinea Watson, 1961

Agnidra fuscilinea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Watson in 1961.[1] It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2]

The wingspan is 20.5–21 mm for males and 19.5–21 mm for females. It is easily separable from related Agnidra scabiosa by the colour pattern of the wings. Externally, A. fuscilinea is closest to Agnidra vinacea, from which it differs by the dark-edged patches on the wings.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra fuscilinea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Agnidra fuscilinea (Watson, 1961)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Suppl. 12


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