Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, 1858 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, 1858

Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, 1858

Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, 1858 is a moth species with yellowish brown wings found across South and Southeast Asia.

Family
Genus
Egnasia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, 1858

This species has a wingspan of 34 mm. All of its head, thorax, abdomen, and wings are yellowish brown. The thorax and abdomen are covered in smooth scales. The forewing has an acute apex. A glass-like (hyaline) spot is located in the forewing cell, and an irregular hyaline spot made up of conjoined smaller spots sits on the discocellulars. The hindwing has a crenulate outer margin. A hyaline lunulate mark sits on a rufous patch at the end of the hindwing cell. The cilia are whitish at the wing apex and towards the anal angle. The underside of the wings is suffused with grey. This species is distributed across India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Myanmar.

Photo: (c) Nuwan Chathuranga, all rights reserved, uploaded by Nuwan Chathuranga

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Egnasia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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