Pseudalbara parvula

Pseudalbara parvula is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1890.[1] It is found in China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Manchuria), south-eastern Russia and Japan.[2]

Pseudalbara parvula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Pseudalbara
Species:
P. parvula
Binomial name
Pseudalbara parvula
(Leech, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Drepana parvula Leech, 1890
  • Drepana muscula Staudinger, 1892
  • Drepana griseola Matsumura, [1909]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is mouse grey with two white dots at the end of the cell, from the first of which a dark line curves to the inner margin. Two other dark lines start at the apex, one descending with a slight curve to the outer angle, the other to the centre of the inner margin. At the apex is a small yellowish spot, bordered externally with black. The hindwings are brownish grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pseudalbara parvula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Collections of the Lepidoptera Section
  3. Entomologist. 23: 112


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