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Upperside: [[Antenna (biology)|antennae]] slightly pectinated. Tongue short. Head, [[Thorax (insect anatomy)|thorax]], and [[Abdomen#Other animals|abdomen]] light yellowish sand coloured. Wings yellow buff coloured; the anterior having a small brown spot in the middle of each, and the external edges margined with brown. Posterior wings having a brown patch in the middle of each, with the external edges of the same colour. Underside: breast, legs, abdomen, and wings buff coloured, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 4 inches (100 mm).<ref name=drury>{{cite book |last1=Drury |first1=Dru |year=1837 |editor1-last=Westwood |editor1-first=John |title=Illustrations of Exotic Entomology |volume=2|at=[https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe11drur#page/n185/mode/2up p. 23.] [https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe12drur#page/n129/mode/2up pl. XI.]}}</ref> |
Upperside: [[Antenna (biology)|antennae]] slightly pectinated. Tongue short. Head, [[Thorax (insect anatomy)|thorax]], and [[Abdomen#Other animals|abdomen]] light yellowish sand coloured. Wings yellow buff coloured; the anterior having a small brown spot in the middle of each, and the external edges margined with brown. Posterior wings having a brown patch in the middle of each, with the external edges of the same colour. Underside: breast, legs, abdomen, and wings buff coloured, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 4 inches (100 mm).<ref name=drury>{{cite book |last1=Drury |first1=Dru |year=1837 |editor1-last=Westwood |editor1-first=John |title=Illustrations of Exotic Entomology |volume=2|at=[https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe11drur#page/n185/mode/2up p. 23.] [https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsofe12drur#page/n129/mode/2up pl. XI.]}}</ref> |
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Larva brownish with a yellow lateral line and paired subdorsal and sublateral red spots. The stigmata is whitish. Head streaked with black.<ref>{{cite book | |
Larva brownish with a yellow lateral line and paired subdorsal and sublateral red spots. The stigmata is whitish. Head streaked with black.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Notodontidae]] |
[[Category:Notodontidae]] |
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[[Category:Moths described in 1773]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Dru Drury]] |
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Antheua servula is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Madras (modern Chennai). It is also found in other parts of India, Sri Lanka and on Sumatra.[1]
Description
[edit]Upperside: antennae slightly pectinated. Tongue short. Head, thorax, and abdomen light yellowish sand coloured. Wings yellow buff coloured; the anterior having a small brown spot in the middle of each, and the external edges margined with brown. Posterior wings having a brown patch in the middle of each, with the external edges of the same colour. Underside: breast, legs, abdomen, and wings buff coloured, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 4 inches (100 mm).[2]
Larva brownish with a yellow lateral line and paired subdorsal and sublateral red spots. The stigmata is whitish. Head streaked with black.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. p. 23. pl. XI.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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