Paralbara muscularia explained

Paralbara muscularia is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in northern India, northern Myanmar and southern China.[2]

The wingspan is about 32 mm.[3] Adults are cinereous brown, the wings with two dark brown lines, the first antemedial and the second postmedial. The latter has a zigzag course and borders the inner side of a dark red broad irregular band.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beccaloni . George . etal . February 2005 . Scientific name search . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Paralbara muscularia (Walker, 1866) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . February 7, 2018.
  3. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis . 1892 . 337 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

  4. https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso35brit#page/1554/mode/1up List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1554