''Melanothrix semperi'' 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 Rothschild in 1917. It is found in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

(

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) is the List of islands of the Philippines, second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and List of islands by population, seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the ...

). The wings of the adults are similar to ''

Melanothrix nymphaliaria ''Melanothrix nymphaliaria'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found on Java, Sumatra and Borneo and possibly also in the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Ph ...

'', but are less black. The abdomen is yellow with black transverse bands.On the genera Melanothrix, Drepanojana, Melandergon, Paracydas, Cotana, Hypercydas, Epicydas and Nervicompressa of the family Eupterotidae with descriptions of new forms

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Moths described in 1917 Eupterotinae Insects of the Philippines {{Bombycoidea-stub