Apona caschmirensis is a moth of the family Eupterotidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found in Nepal, Pakistan[1] and India.

Apona caschmirensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Apona
Species:
A. caschmirensis
Binomial name
Apona caschmirensis
(Kollar, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Gastropacha caschmirensis Kollar, 1844
  • Apona cashmirensis (Kollar, 1844)
  • Apona pallida Walker, 1856
  • Apona major Rothschild, 1917

The wingspan is 96–114 mm. The wings are pale red brown. The forewings have an indistinct waved subbasal line and a black spot at the end of the cell and there is an oblique medial line, with three indistinct waved lines beyond it. There is a double postmedial line with a pale interspace and there is also a waved submarginal line, the space between it and the postmedial line darker. The nervules are dark from the medial to the submarginal line. The hindwings have no subbasal line and the other lines are curved.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Apona caschmirensis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. pp. 52–53 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.