Heliangara lampetis
Heliangara lampetis is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are bright shining purple coppery bronze with a suffused orange-yellow patch extending along the dorsum from one-fourth to three-fourths, narrowed to the extremities, not reaching halfway across the wing. There are two parallel thick transverse ridges of raised scales at about two-thirds. The hindwings are dark fuscous, thinly scaled in the disc.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (December 2, 2013). "Heliangara lampetis Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 147.
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