Callicilix

{{Short description|Monotypic genus of moths}}

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| name = Callicilix

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| parent_authority=Butler, 1885

| taxon = Callicilix abraxata

| authority = (Butler, 1885)

| synonyms =

  • Platypteryx nguldoe Oberthür, 1893
  • Callicilix abraxata formosana Okano, 1960

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Callicilix is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae and contains the single species Callicilix abraxata.{{LepIndex|accessdate=10 July 2018}}

The wingspan is about 44 mm. Adults are creamy-white, all wings with a marginal series of large oval grey-brown spots and some partly confluent irregular patches tending to form a submarginal band. The forewings are crossed by a broad and somewhat irregular central belt, which is grey-brown towards the costa and enclosing a spot of the ground colour, but dark golden brown below the subcostal vein, crossed by pearl-grey veins with black extremities and transversed internally by a pale sinuous line. There are three grey-brown spots across the basal area and there are two oval spots on the radial interspaces and a third pearl-white spot near the apex. The hindwings have a large grey-brown patch from the center of the abdominal margin to the middle of the wing, where it is continued by two spots to the costa. There is a small spot near the base of the interno-median area and four pearl-white spots on the disc between the submedian and radial veins.[https://archive.org/stream/cistulaentomolog3188285lond#page/124/mode/1up Cistula Ent. 3 : 124]{{PD-notice}}

Subspecies

  • Callicilix abraxata abraxata (Japan)
  • Callicilix abraxata nguldoe (Oberthür, 1893) China (Sichuan, Tibet, Guizhou, Hunan)

References

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Category:Drepaninae

Category:Monotypic moth genera

Category:Drepanidae genera

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