Mangina syringa

Mangina syringa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Subtribe: Nyctemerina
Genus: Mangina
Species: M. syringa
Binomial name
Mangina syringa
(Cramer, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena syringa Cramer, 1775
  • Bombyx crotolariae Fabricius, 1793
  • Argina syringa

Mangina syringa is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from southern India to western Bengali and Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

Differ from much wider distributed species Mangina argus in the head, thorax and fore wing being pale pinkish brown. Spots larger and more prominent, where those on the fore wing being placed on clouded fuscous bands. Abdomen and hind wings are crimson. Larva purplish grey with sparse hairs. Series of black dorsal transverse bands and lateral spots present. Head red in color. Pupa in a thin network cocoon.[3][4]

References

  1. Mangina syringa overview on eol.org
  2. Mangina at funet
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. "Mangina syringa". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 24 July 2016.


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