Corcobara angulipennis

Corcobara angulipennis
Corcobara angulipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Corcobara
Species:	C. angulipennis
Binomial name
Corcobara angulipennis Moore, 1882
Synonyms
Corcobara thwaitesi Moore, [1885]

Corcobara angulipennis is a species of moth of the Erebidae family.

Distribution

It is found in India,^[1] Thailand,^[2] Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka and the Solomons.^[3]

Description

Wingspan of male is 42mm and female 50mm. In male, head and thorax dark reddish brown in color. Abdomen orange with black extremity. Fore wings glossy reddish brown with many black stria. There are two specks found at end of cell. Hind wings orange with a large fuscous black spot near apex. Ventral side orange colored. Fore wings with dark specks on costa and outer margin. A dark submarginal band hind wings with dark specks on costa and spot near apex. Some specimens have the basal inner area of fore wing speckled with yellow and a medial ill-defined yellow band from cell to inner margin. Female much similar to male, but with very much paler fore wings.^[4]

Larva with rudimentary first two proleg pairs. There is a conical dorsal hump on 11th somite. Body greyish brown dorsally and purple in ventral. Lateral sides are greyish with a longitudinal brown line. Spiracles black. Head ochreous with a black spot in front.^[5]

References

1. Hewitson & Moore, 1882. New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr.W.S.Atkinson.
2. http://www.dnp.go.th/foremic/entomology/Web/download/file/Lepidoptera.htm www.dnp.go.th
3. www.nkis.info
4. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
5. "Corcobara angulipennis Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 27 August 2016.