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Ceryx diptera

Ceryx diptera is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka. In male, the body is black. Frons, collar and tegulae are yellow. Forewings with a sub-basal, two medial, one sub-apical and two sub-marginal hyaline (glass-like) spots. Hindwings with a sub-basal joined to a sub-marginal spot. Tarsi black. Female is similar to male, but differ with the abdomen dilated and with a tuft of ochreous hairs.

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Ceryx diptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ceryx
Species:
C. diptera
Binomial name
Ceryx diptera
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena diptera Fabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx atereus Stoll, [1782]
  • Syntomis incipiens Walker, [1865]
  • Psychotoe brachypecten Hampson, 1893

Ceryx diptera is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.1 In male, the body is black. Frons, collar and tegulae are yellow. Forewings with a sub-basal, two medial, one sub-apical and two sub-marginal hyaline (glass-like) spots. Hindwings with a sub-basal joined to a sub-marginal spot. Tarsi black. Female is similar to male, but differ with the abdomen dilated and with a tuft of ochreous hairs.2

References

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Ceryx diptera (Fabricius, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.