Tascina metallica

Tascina metallica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Castniidae
Genus:	Tascina
Species:	T. metallica
Binomial name
	Tascina metallica; Pagenstecher, 1890

Tascina metallica is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found on Borneo and Palawan.^[2]

Adults have robust, clubbed antennae. The ground colour of the forewings is black, with an oblique white bar and a broad blue dorsum in males and a black hindwing in females. The hindwing underside is rufous brown, although duller in females with a hint of blue along the dorsum.^[3]

References[]

^ Tascina at funet
^ Von Dr. Arnold Pagenstecher (1890). "Heteroceren der Insel Palawan (Heterocera of the Island of Palawan". German Entomological Journal (in German). German Entomological Society. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ The Moths of Borneo

External links[]

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tascina metallica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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[1] Tascina at funet

[2] Von Dr. Arnold Pagenstecher (1890). "Heteroceren der Insel Palawan (Heterocera of the Island of Palawan". German Entomological Journal (in German). German Entomological Society. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[3] The Moths of Borneo

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