Microblepsis prunicolor

{{short description|Species of hook-tip moth}}

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| taxon = Microblepsis prunicolor

| authority = (Moore, 1888)

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  • Drepana prunicolor Moore, 1888
  • Albara prunicolor
  • Nordstroemia prunicolor
  • Betalbara prunicolor
  • Nordstroemia prunicolor warreni Bryk, 1943

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Microblepsis prunicolor is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1888.{{LepIndex |id=84541 |access-date=May 26, 2018}} Note: This source has 1879 as the year of description. It is found in north-eastern India, Sikkim, north-eastern Myanmar and possibly China.{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/microblepsis/#prunicolor |title=Microblepsis prunicolor (Moore, 1888) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=August 13, 2018}}

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are dark purplish grey, the forewings with an acutely angled yellowish antemedial line and a similar postmedial line met at the angle by a yellow line from the apex. There is also a pale submarginal line. The hindwings have slightly curved subbasal, medial, and submarginal yellowish lines.{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |author-link=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/365/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |page=337 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} {{PD-notice}}

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Category:Moths described in 1888

Category:Drepaninae

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