Chalcidica minea

Chalcidica minea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Chalcidica
Species:	C. minea
Binomial name
	Chalcidica minea; (Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
	Phalaena (Bombyx) minea Cramer, 1779; Xyleutes mineus; Chalcidica mineus; Phalaena hyphinoe Cramer, 1779; Zeuzera viridicans Eschscholtz, 1821;

Short description: Species of moth

Chalcidica minea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in India , Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and on the Solomon Islands.^[1] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.^[2]

Adults have red wings with blue-black patches.

References

Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Cossidae of Thailand. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Atalanta 35 (3-4): 335-351.
Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32.
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Wikidata ☰ Q18129848 entry

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[1] "The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia". http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Cossidae/Chalcidica/Chalcidica%20mineus.htm.

[2] The Moths of Borneo

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Chalcidica minea

Topic: Biology

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