Hemiphruda

Hemiphruda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Hemiphruda
Warren, 1923
Species: H. mecasa
Binomial name
Hemiphruda mecasa
(Swinhoe, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Drepana mecasa Swinhoe, 1894

Hemiphruda mecasa is a moth in the Drepanidae family and only species in the Hemiphruda genus. It was described by Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in India.[1]

Adults are brown, the forewings with two black spots at the end of the cell, one at the upper end and the other below. There is a diffuse band from the apex of the fore wings to the abdomen. The hindwings have a straight band of three thick brown lines, but not very distinct.[2]

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