Melanothrix alternans

Melanothrix alternans is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Pagenstecher in 1890.[1] It is found in the Philippines (Palawan) and on Borneo. The habitat consists of hill dipterocarp forests and wet heath forests.

Melanothrix alternans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Melanothrix
Species:
M. alternans
Binomial name
Melanothrix alternans
Pagenstecher, 1890
Synonyms
  • Melanothrix homochroa Grunberg, 1914

Adult males have no white area on the forewings, but a diffuse, triangular ochreous zone on the margin. The females have a white band across the forewings postmedially, and a row of dark circles in the white marginal zone of the hindwing.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Melanothrix alternans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. The Moths of Borneo


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