Tascina metallica

Tascina metallica is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found on Borneo and Palawan.[2]

Tascina metallica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Castniidae
Genus:
Tascina
Species:
T. metallica
Binomial name
Tascina metallica

Adults have robust, clubbed antennae. The ground colour of the forewings is black, with an oblique white bar and a broad blue dorsum in males and a black hindwing in females. The hindwing underside is rufous brown, although duller in females with a hint of blue along the dorsum.[3]

References
  1. Tascina at funet
  2. Von Dr. Arnold Pagenstecher (1890). "Heteroceren der Insel Palawan (Heterocera of the Island of Palawan". German Entomological Journal (in German). German Entomological Society. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. The Moths of Borneo

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tascina metallica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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