Common Name: Orange-banded Jewel Moth
Scientific Name: Agalope bifasciata
Family: Zygaenidae
Nepali Name:
Size: 90 mm
Location: Sitapaila, Kathmandu
The Orange-banded Jewel Moth has a brownish-grey wing with black veins. The forewing (FW) has an orange band that has black edges. There is another narrow black-edged orange band as well. The hindwing (HW) doesn’t have any patterns except for the black veins.
Please feel free to comment below if the above species has been misidentified.
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