Caeneressa diaphana

Caeneressa diaphana is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found from India to southern China, Taiwan and Sundaland.[1]

Caeneressa diaphana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Caeneressa
Species:
C. diaphana
Binomial name
Caeneressa diaphana
(Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Syntomis diaphana Kollar, 1844
  • Syntomis melas Walker, 1854
  • Syntomis vitreata Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
  • Syntomis andersoni Moore, 1871
  • Syntomis oenone Butler, 1876
  • Syntomis melaena Hampson, 1898

The wingspan is 38–45 mm.[2] The wings of the males are mostly transparent except for a black bar at the end of the forewing cell and an irregular black apical zone. In females, the apical zone of both wings is more extensive, and the bar at the end of the cell is broader, more irregular, with a narrow black band connecting it with a marginal black area. The abdomen is irregularly ringed with dull yellow.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (October 31, 2015). "Caeneressa diaphana (Kollar, 1848)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. "清新鹿蛾 Caeneressa diaphana (Kollar, 1844 )". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line] (in Chinese). June 20, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Caeneressa diaphana Kollar". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 30, 2019.


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