Toxoides undulatus

Toxoides undulatus is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1867. It is found in India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand and Yunnan, China.[1]

Toxoides undulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Toxoides
Species:
T. undulatus
Binomial name
Toxoides undulatus
(Moore, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Osica undulatus Moore, 1867
  • Toxoides longipennis Hampson, 1893
  • Toxoides emphloius Bryk, 1943

The forewings are dark ferruginous brown, suffused with grey broadly from the posterior angle. There are numerous transverse blackish pale-bordered undulating lines, and a marginal lunulated line. The hindwings are a brownish-fawn colour.[2]

References
  1. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
  2. On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal


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