Hyalospectra pustularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Hyalospectra
Species:
H. pustularia
Binomial name
Hyalospectra pustularia
(Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Strepsigonia pustularia Walker, 1861
  • Ectothyris pustularia
  • Macaria pustularia

Hyalospectra pustularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Siberut.[2]

Adults are whitish, the wings mostly fawn coloured exteriorly, thinly and irregularly black speckled, with two macular irregular hyaline (glass-like) iridescent bands, of which the second is marginal. There are some blackish patches, which are intersected by three irregular whitish lines and by whitish veins.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Hyalospectra pustularia (Walker, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 23: 938


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