Strepsigonia placida is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1902.[1] It is found in Myanmar and on Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Strepsigonia |
| Species: | S. placida
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| Strepsigonia placida (C. Swinhoe, 1902)
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Adults are uniform pinkish grey, both wings with very indistinct, outwardly-curved, crenelated grey antemedial and postmedial lines. The forewings have two black dots at the end of the cell and the hindwings with three. The underside is paler and shining and has the dots as above.[3]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Strepsigonia placida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Strepsigonia placida (Swinhoe, 1902)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ Swinhoe, Charles (1902). "New and little known species of Drepanulidae, Epiplemidae, Microniidae and Geometridae in the National Collection". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1902: 591 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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