Darapsa versicolor (Taxonomy)
Transferred to Darapsa by Clemens, 1859, J. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.4: 146 (key), 148.
ÔÇ£A beautifully coloured insect, especially on the undersideÔÇØ. Genal process triangular, somewhat curved backwards. Thorax and abdomen uppersides with a pale mesial line, as in Ampelophaga. External spines of first protarsal segment slightly prolonged, but mostly concealed in the scaling. Underside of both wings with discal area bright yellow distally. Uncus and gnathos somewhat shorter and stouter than in Darapsa choerilus. Valve with stridulatory scales truncate just beyond their widest point. Harpe long, slender, horizontal, curving a little dorsad at tip, not dentate. Aedeagus with a broad ventral lobe that is dentate at the edges, and a small right process. Eighth tergite mainly membranous, the sclerotised plate reduced to a narrow transverse band. Ostial plate shaped as in Darapsa myron; the edge of the ostium raised to form a well sclerotised, triangular, sinuate ridge.