''Cosmosoma impar'' 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 ...

of the family

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. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in

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and

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Description

Head black, with metallic blue markings on

frons Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. The terminology used to describe insects is similar to that used for other arthropods due to their shared evolutionary history. Three physical features separate insec ...

and vertex; thorax orange; tegulae and

patagia The patagium (: patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flying. The structure is found in extant and extinct groups of flying and gliding animals including bats, theropod dinosaurs (includin ...

edged with black and with metallic blue points; legs black, coxae orange;

abdomen The abdomen (colloquially called the gut, belly, tummy, midriff, tucky, or stomach) is the front part of the torso between the thorax (chest) and pelvis in humans and in other vertebrates. The area occupied by the abdomen is called the abdominal ...

black, with lateral orange patches at base and lateral orange streaks at 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments; a dorsal series of metallic blue spots and lateral spots on the terminal segments; the channeled valve of male fringed with white; wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. forewing with large discocellular black spot. A yellowish streak on basal half of inner area; the terminal band very wide on the apical area and expanding at tornus. Hind wing with terminal band very wide on the apical area and at tornus. Wingspan of 46mm average.

References

impar Moths described in 1854 {{cosmosoma-stub