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Lixa productalis

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Lixa productalis
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Lixa

Walker, 1866
Species:
L. productalis
Binomial name
Lixa productalis
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Hypsopygia productalis
  • Herculia productalis

Lixa is a genus of snout moths. It contains only one species, Lixa productalis, which is found on Borneo[1][2] and Taiwan.[3]

Adult males are reddish-fawn speckled with black. There is a black line which extends from the tip of the forewing to two-thirds of the length of the interior border of the hindwings.[4]

Subspecies

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  • Lixa productalis productalis (Borneo)
  • Lixa productalis taiwana Heppner, 2005 (Taiwan)

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Herculia productalis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. ^ Digital Moths of Asia
  3. ^ "Lixa productalis taiwana". gaga.biodiv.tw. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.