Bursadella dichroalis

Bursadella dichroalis is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Snellen in 1880. It is found in Burma and on Sumatra.[1]

Bursadella dichroalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Immidae
Genus:
Bursadella
Species:
B. dichroalis
Binomial name
Bursadella dichroalis
Snellen, 1880
Synonyms
  • Scaptesylix hemichryseis Hampson, 1895

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are bright golden yellow, the forewings with the outer half black suffused with purple and with a postmedial yellow spot on the costa, its inner edge slightly angled outwards at lower end of the cell. The hindwings have the outer area black, broad at the costa, tapering to the anal angle.[2]

References
  1. Bursadella at funet.fi.
  2. Description of Scaptesylix hemichryseis in Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 283


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