Colla rhodope

Colla rhodope
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Colla
Species: C. rhodope
Binomial name
Colla rhodope
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena rhodope Drury, 1782
  • Colla opalina Butler

Colla rhodope is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Drury in 1782. It is found from Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.[1]

Description

Upper Side. Antennae pectinated. Thorax and abdomen dark-brown, with some faint whiteish marks. Wings transparent white, having two rows of greenish crescents running along the external edges, the anterior wings having some faint marks of the same kind in the middle also. The anterior edges are of a yellow hue.

Under Side. Palpi white. Tongue not observed. Legs, breast, and abdomen white. Anus dark-brown. Wings coloured as on the upper side; the posterior ones having two brown spots on each near the abdominal corners. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 2½ inches (64 mm).[2]


References

  1. Colla at funet
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 31. pl. XXII.


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