Toxoides undulatus

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

Toxoides undulatus is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Moore in 1867.[1] It is found in China (Yunnan), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam and Thailand.[2]

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 brownish fawn-colour.[3]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Jiang, N., Yang, C., Xue, D-Y. & Han, H-X. 2015: An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species. zootaxa 2015 3941.
  3. On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal
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