Micronia aculeata | |
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At Bangalore, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Uraniidae |
Genus: | Micronia |
Species: | M. aculeata
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Binomial name | |
Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857
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Micronia aculeata is a species of moth of subfamily Microniinae of family Uraniidae found in Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka towards Sulawesi.[1] It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Its wingspan is 42–50 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white with a fuscous tinge. Wings white, closely striated with fuscous; somewhat ill-defined antemedial, medial, and postmedial fuscous oblique bands; a fine marginal line and black spot at base of tail of hindwing. Underside white or fuscous.[2] Palpi are porrect, slender and rather long. Antennae thickened and flattened. Fore wing with the acute costa arched towards apex. However, the outer margin is straight.[3]