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Pirgula delicata

Wikipedia Abstract

Pirgula delicata is a moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar. The male of this species has a wingspan of 26 mm.Head and front are white, thorax clear straw yellow, antennae white with yellow pectinations, abdomen straw yellow.The wings are white with few scales. On the forewings there are 2 V-shaped fine black lines open to the base. A little black spot at the base.Hidewings with not connected black spots in V-shape. This species is close to Pirgula polyopha Collenette, 1959 from which it can be distinguished by the black lines that are much more developed at P.polyopha.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0