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''Cispia punctifascia'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in
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,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, Sumatra,
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and originated in
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. The moth is dull pale orange. The male sex has a strongly bipectinate (comb-like on both sides) antennae.


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Lymantriini Moths of Asia Moths described in 1855 {{Lymantriidae-stub