Aeolanthes euryatma

Aeolanthes euryatma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

Aeolanthes euryatma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Aeolanthes
Species:
A. euryatma
Binomial name
Aeolanthes euryatma
Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white, mixed towards the termen with light grey and towards the tornus with pale ochreous-yellowish and there are two dark fuscous patches mixed with deep indigo-purplish and blackish. The first basal, extending on the costa to beyond one-third and on the dorsum to three-fourth, the outer edge prominent at three-fourths from the costa. The second is subtriangular extending on the costa from the middle to near the apex, its apex almost connected with prominence of the first. There is an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are pale yellowish, towards the dorsum greyish-tinged.[2]

References
  1. Aeolanthes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18 (3): 638


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