Melanothrix Fumosa
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''Melanothrix fumosa'' 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
Eupterotidae Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, ...
. It was described by Swinhoe in 1905. It is found on
Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...
. Adult males have a complete white bar on the forewings, while females have an extensive yellow area on each wing distally.The Moths of Borneo
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Moths described in 1905 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub