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Phalacra perspicaria
Species of hook-tip moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phalacra perspicaria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.[1] It is found in India.[2]
The protologue (species description) of Phalaena perspicaria by Fabricius is in Entomologia systematica emandata et aucta. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae 1798; page 449,[3] where it says (in Latin):
P. pectinicornis alis angulatis obscure cinereis: puncto medio strigisque duabus punctorum nigrorum. Habitat Tranquebariae Dom. Lund. Paullo maior Ph. tristriariae, tota obscure cinerea. Alae omnes supra puncto medio strigisque duabus posticis a punctis minutis, atris. Subtus pallidiores puncto medio strigisque unica atris.
At the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, P. perspicaria is suspected to be a senior synonym of Phalacra vidhisaria Walker;[4] in that case the name perspicaria is older and has a preference.
The type location is the town of Tharangambadi on the Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu, India.
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