Lixa productalis

Lixa is a genus of snout moths. It contains only one species, Lixa productalis, which is found on Borneo[1][2] and Taiwan.[3]

Lixa productalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Lixa

Walker, 1866
Species:
L. productalis
Binomial name
Lixa productalis
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Hypsopygia productalis
  • Herculia productalis

Adult males are reddish-fawn speckled with black. There is a black line which extends from the tip of the forewing to two-thirds of the length of the interior border of the hindwings.[4]

Subspecies
  • Lixa productalis productalis (Borneo)
  • Lixa productalis taiwana Heppner, 2005 (Taiwan)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Herculia productalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. Digital Moths of Asia
  3. gaga.biodiv.tw
  4. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum


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