''Aeolanthes callidora'' is a
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family
Depressariidae
Depressariidae is a family of moths. It was formerly treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2,300 species worldwide.
Subfamilies
Depressariidae consists of ten subfamilies:
* Acriinae ...
. It was described by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
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in 1907 and is found in
India
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(
Assam
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).
The
wingspan
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is 21–24 mm. The forewings are deep orange-ochreous, more orange towards the costa and a narrow white median longitudinal streak from near the base to the middle, edged with grey, the space between this and the costa broadly suffused with white, towards the costal scale-protuberance white mixed with leaden-grey. There is a dark red-brown streak along the dorsum from near the base to three-fourths, edged with purplish-grey suffusion, and posteriorly dilated into a triangular spot edged with white. There is a transverse discal mark at three-fifths and some irregular suffused spots between the veins beyond and above this pale yellow. An oblique white mark is found beneath the costa towards the apex and two or three dots beneath it, preceded by some red-brown suffusion. Between this and the apex is some leaden-grey suffusion beneath the costa and there is an irregular interrupted white streak along the termen. The hindwings are pale greyish-ochreous, with fine scattered dark fuscous hair-scales, especially towards the tornus.
''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' 17 (3): 739
References
Moths described in 1907
Aeolanthinae
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