Melanothrix alternans

Melanothrix alternans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Melanothrix
Species:	M. alternans
Binomial name
	Melanothrix alternans; Pagenstecher, 1890
Synonyms
	Melanothrix homochroa Grunberg, 1914;

Melanothrix alternans is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Pagenstecher in 1890.^[1] It is found in the Philippines (Palawan) and on Borneo. The habitat consists of hill dipterocarp forests and wet heath forests.

Adult males have no white area on the forewings, but a diffuse, triangular ochreous zone on the margin. The females have a white band across the forewings postmedially, and a row of dark circles in the white marginal zone of the hindwing.^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Melanothrix alternans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ The Moths of Borneo

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Melanothrix alternans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] The Moths of Borneo

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