Strepsigonia placida

(Strepsigonia placida)

Description

Strepsigonia placida is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1902. It is found in Myanmar and on Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Adults are uniform pinkish grey, both wings with very indistinct, outwardly-curved, crenelated grey antemedial and postmedial lines. The forewings have two black dots at the end of the cell and the hindwings with three. The underside is paler and shining and has the dots as above.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Drepanidae
Genus:Strepsigonia
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