Chalcidica minea

Chalcidica minea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Chalcidica
Species:	C. minea
Binomial name
	Chalcidica minea; (Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
	Phalaena (Bombyx) minea Cramer, 1779; Xyleutes mineus; Chalcidica mineus; Phalaena hyphinoe Cramer, 1779; Zeuzera viridicans Eschscholtz, 1821;

Chalcidica minea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in India, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Queensland and on the Solomon Islands.^[1] The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.^[2]

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Adults have red wings with blue-black patches.

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