Callidrepana amaura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Callidrepana
Species:
C. amaura
Binomial name
Callidrepana amaura
(Warren, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Ausaris amaura Warren, 1901

Callidrepana amaura is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Warren in 1901.[1] It is found in Nigeria.[2]

The moth's wingspan is about 20 mm. Its forewings are brownish ochreous, darker brownish towards the hindmargin, with all the veins paler. There is a silvery-scaled streak along the costa from the base, becoming subcostal in the outer half of the wing and there is a diffuse brown shade from the base through the cell towards the apex, with a line of silvery scales along its middle. There is also a large brown mulberry-shaped discocellular blotch with some lustrous scales upon it and a smaller dark brown blotch between it and the apex, as well as traces of a dull brown lustrous-edged inner line at one-third, more distinct towards the inner margin. There is a denticulated lustrous line, marked with dark leaden-tinged spots on the veins, from the costa before the apex to the anal angle, preceded by a brown shade and followed by a brown suffusion. The hindwings are paler, with the submarginal lustrous line and brown shades as in the forewings, but not reaching the costa. There are traces of a central brown shade from the inner margin.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Callidrepana amaura (Warren, 1901)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Novitates Zoologicae Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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