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| image = Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Odonestis Servula.jpg
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
| subphylum = [[Hexapoda]]
| classis = [[Insecta]]
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Notodontidae]]
| familia = [[Notodontidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Phalerinae]]
| tribus =
| genus = ''[[Antheua]]''
| genus = ''[[Antheua]]''
| species = '''''A. servula'''''
| species = '''''A. servula'''''
| binomial = ''Antheua servula''
| binomial = ''Antheua servula''
| binomial_authority = ([[Dru Drury|Drury]], 1773)
| binomial_authority = ([[Dru Drury|Drury]], 1773)
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
*''Noctua servula'' <small>Drury, 1773</small>
*''Noctua servula'' <small>Drury, 1773</small>
*''Bombyx stricta'' <small>Fabricius, 1798</small>
*''Bombyx stricta'' <small>Fabricius, 1798</small>
*''Antheua discalis'' <small>Walker, 1855</small>
*''Antheua discalis'' <small>Walker, 1855</small>
*''Antheua exanthemata'' <small>Moore, 1883</small>
*''Antheua exanthemata'' <small>Moore, 1883</small>
*''Antheua obscura'' <small>van Eecke, 1929</small>
*''Antheua obscura'' <small>van Eecke, 1929</small>
}}
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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]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AQGaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA36 Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera)]</ref>
'''''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]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AQGaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA36 Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera)]</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Upper side: [[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. Under side: breast, legs, abdomen, and wings buff-coloured, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 4 inches (100&nbsp;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&nbsp;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>


Larva brownish with a yellow lateral line and paired subdorsal and sublateral red spots. The stigmata is whitish. Head streaked with black.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207319 |title=The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i |publisher=Digital Library of India |date=1892 |accessdate=4 July 2016 |author=Hampson G. F. |pages=558 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 |author=Hampson, G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths |volume=I |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1892 |accessdate=29 September 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Antheua servula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Notodontidae
Genus:
Antheua
Species:
A. servula
Binomial name
Antheua servula
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Noctua servula Drury, 1773
  • Bombyx stricta Fabricius, 1798
  • Antheua discalis Walker, 1855
  • Antheua exanthemata Moore, 1883
  • Antheua obscura van Eecke, 1929

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

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

  1. ^ Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. p. 23. pl. XI.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. Vol. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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