Sewa orbiferata

Sewa orbiferata

"Sewa orbiferata" is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in northern India, northern Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo, Java and China.
Hooktip Moth - Sewa orbiferata  Hooktip Moth,Malaysia,Moth,Pahang,Sewa orbiferata

Appearance

Adults are white, the forewings with four cinereous obliquely quadrate spots on the costa and an irregular broad discal transverse band, which is transversed by two short wavy streaks and a submarginal series of small spots. The marginal line is blackish. The hindwings are suffused with orange yellow on the lower part of the exterior border and there is a brownish-cinereous submarginal band, maculated anteriorly and traversed posteriorly by two parallel white lines, beneath which are three short black streaks. Two similar streaks are found above it on the abdominal margin.

Naming

*"Sewa orbiferata orbiferata"
⤷ "Sewa orbiferata cilicoides"

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyDrepanidae
GenusSewa
SpeciesS. orbiferata
Photographed in
Malaysia