''Eressa confinis'' is a

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of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in

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and China.

Description

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in male, branches short and dilated distally. Antennae serrate (tooth like on one side) in female. Body dull black with a large yellow spot on prothorax and streak on metathorax. Abdomen with yellow spots on vertex and side of each segment. Female has an ochreous anal tuft. Forewings are with a

hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none. Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is ...

spot in cell. There is one in interno-median interspace and one in each marginal interspace. Hindwings with a hyaline patch on disk, divided into four by veins.

Subspecies

*''Eressa confinis confinis'' *''Eressa confinis finitima'' (Wileman, 1910) (Taiwan) *''Eressa confinis szechueniensis'' Obraztsov, 1954 (western China)

References

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Notes on ''Eressa confinis''
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