Aeolanthes dicraea

Aeolanthes dicraea is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India (Assam).^[1]

The wingspan is 20-22 mm. The forewings are white, towards the costa irregularly suffused with pale yellowish and with the basal third of the costa ferruginous-yellow. There is a ferruginous subcostal dash before the middle and an elongate patch of yellow suffusion in the middle of the disc, as well as a reddish-brown dorsal patch extending from the base to near the tornus, and reaching nearly half across the wing, containing a triangular dark reddish-brown dorsal spot at three-fourths, partially whitish-edged. There is a ferruginous-yellow suffusion along the posterior half of the costa, with a black mark beneath it near the apex and veins 5 and 6 are marked with reddish-brown lines becoming blackish posteriorly, vein 4 less distinctly lined with brownish, between veins 5-7 two light ferruginous-brown streaks, sometimes partially yellowish-suffused, between 4 and 5 a yellowish streak, and on tornus a deep yellow elongate patch. There is also a fine blackish line along the termen. The hindwings are grey, the apex sometimes suffused with whitish-yellowish.^[2]

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