Squamura maculata Heylaerts 1890
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- 1. Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak 63000, Vietnam. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2521 - 7532; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0009 - 7843 - 8647
- 2. Altai State University, pr. Lenina 61, Barnaul, 656049 Russia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9512 - 8709 & Tomsk State University, Lenina pr. 36, Tomsk, 634050 Russia. & Western Caspian University, 31 Istiglaliyyat St., Baku, Azerbaijan.
- 3. Forest Protection Research Centre, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi 11910, Vietnam. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2345 - 2398 * Corresponding author. Email: ttltra @ ttn. edu. vn
Description
Squamura maculata Heylaerts, 1890
Female (n = 18; Fig. 3a, b): Body light brown, length 19–23 mm. Antennae bipectinate, light brown. Head and thorax brownish-white covered with with scattered dark brown scales. Forewing length 35– 41 mm. Forewing greyish-white to whitish-brown with scattered dark brown spots and prominent trapezoid black spot, and dark brown veins. Hindwing greyish-white towards costa, otherwise brownish-white with dark brown veins and irregular transverse markings and outer marginal spots at each vein. Abdomen greyish-white with scattered dark brown scales, particularly for posterior segments.
Male (n = 13): 13-16% larger than female, colour and pattern as for female.
Larva: Head dark brown or black, body grey, gradually darker in succeeding instars, finally dark grey in the pre-pupal instar (Fig. 3c). Body devoid of secondary body setae, but with long lateral primary setae. Final instar body length 50–60 mm, width 6–7 mm.
Pupa: Cylindrical, initially light brown, darkening to brown with dark brown head. Length 21– 33 mm, width 5–6 mm (Fig. 3d). Male pupae 15–18% smaller than female.
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- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.16958398 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.37828/em.2025.88.20 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Heylaerts
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Metarbelidae
- Genus
- Squamura
- Species
- maculata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Squamura maculata Heylaerts, 1890 sec. Tra, Yakovlev, Anh & Chi, 2025
References
- Heylaerts, F. J. M. (1890) Heterocera exotica. Nouveaux genre et especes des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique 34: XXVI-XXX.