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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 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> |
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 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 web |
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> |
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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
Upper side: 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. Under side: breast, legs, abdomen, and wings buff-coloured, immaculate. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 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
- ^ 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 Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
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