Paralbara muscularia

Paralbara muscularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in northern India, northern Myanmar and southern China.[2]

Paralbara muscularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Paralbara
Species:
P. muscularia
Binomial name
Paralbara muscularia
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Fascellina muscularia Walker, 1866
  • Drepana orphnina Hampson, [1893]
  • Albara orphnina ab. subpallida Warren
  • Albara inaequidiscata Warren, 1922

The wingspan is about 32 mm.[3] Adults are cinereous brown, the wings with two dark brown lines, the first antemedial and the second postmedial. The latter has a zigzag course and borders the inner side of a dark red broad irregular band.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Paralbara muscularia (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 337 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1554


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