. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CLOSTEKOMOEPH.' 177 5 . Hind wing wliolh' oclireous. Hah. Bombay, Kanara ( Ward), 1 5 , Ivarwar {Bell), 1 5 ; Ceylon, Ivandy (3Iackwood), 1 S ; Burma, Moulmeiu (Clerk), 1 5 type. Kvp. 34-40 millim. Genus CLOSTEROMORPHA. Closteromorpha, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 3 (1874), non descr. Type. reniplaga. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slenderly scaled, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd long ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and withou
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. CLOSTEKOMOEPH.' 177 5 . Hind wing wliolh' oclireous. Hah. Bombay, Kanara ( Ward), 1 5 , Ivarwar {Bell), 1 5 ; Ceylon, Ivandy (3Iackwood), 1 S ; Burma, Moulmeiu (Clerk), 1 5 type. Kvp. 34-40 millim. Genus CLOSTEROMORPHA. Closteromorpha, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 3 (1874), non descr. Type. reniplaga. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slenderly scaled, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd long ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests; mid tibiiB moderately fringed with hair; hind tibisB of male dilated with a fold on ujiper side containing a fringe of large scales ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing broad, the apex rounded, tiie teruien slightly e.\cised from vein 3 to tornus; vein 2 somewhat curved upwards ; 3 and T) from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing ample ; veins 3, 4 fj-om angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with the apical chocolate patch cornucopia- shaped reniplaga. B. Fore wing with the apical chocolate patch rounded inodesfa. 4531. Closteromorpha reniplaga. Closteromorpha reniplaga, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 83. f. 16 (1874). J . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous; tibite with some chocolate-brown. Fore wing bright rufous with a greyish tinge, especially on inner area and terminal half; subbasal line slight, pale, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line pale, rather oblique and slightly incurved ; orbicular and reniform small, with whitish annuli, the former narrow, elliptical, the latter bar-shaped,. Fig. 61.— Closteromorj)ha reniplaga, (^. open below; a large cornucopia-shaped chocolate-brown patch with pale edges, extending on costa from above reniform to apex and down to vein 3 where its apex is curved
Size: 3084px × 810px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectmoths, bookyear1898
