Adrapsa ablualis Walker, 1859 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Adrapsa ablualis Walker, 1859

Adrapsa ablualis Walker, 1859

Adrapsa ablualis is a moth species described by Walker in 1859, with distinct sexual size dimorphism and consistent white wing markings.

Family
Genus
Adrapsa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Adrapsa ablualis Walker, 1859

This species, Adrapsa ablualis Walker, 1859, has a wingspan of 32 mm in males and 36 mm in females. Males have a tuft of long hair growing from the base of the second joint of the palpi, and their antennae feature uniseriate pectinations. On the forewings, the antemedial and postmedial lines are white and straighter, and there is also a white sinuous submarginal line. A white speck is present at the center of the forewings, and a white spot is located at the end of the cell. The hindwings have a white base. On the ventral side, the basal area of both wings is speckled with white.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Erebidae › Adrapsa

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