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| Genus: | Lixa Walker, 1866
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| Species: | L. productalis
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Lixa is a genus of snout moths. It contains only one species, Lixa productalis, which is found on Borneo[1][2] and Taiwan.[3]
Adult males are reddish-fawn speckled with black. There is a black line which extends from the tip of the forewing to two-thirds of the length of the interior border of the hindwings.[4]
Subspecies
- Lixa productalis productalis (Borneo)
- Lixa productalis taiwana Heppner, 2005 (Taiwan)
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Herculia productalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ Digital Moths of Asia
- ^ "Lixa productalis taiwana". gaga.biodiv.tw. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
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