Erbessa cingulina
Appearance
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On display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Erbessa |
Species: | E. cingulina
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Binomial name | |
Erbessa cingulina (H. Druce, 1885)
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Erbessa cingulina is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885.[1]
Description
[edit]Erbessa cingulina has a wingspan of about 38 millimetres (1.5 in). The species has a high wing-pattern variability. Usually forewings are deep black, with all the nerves ochraceous brown and an oval spot at the end of the cell. Hindwings are creamy white with the margins broadly banded with black. The abdomen with a central streak and one on each side bright yellow.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found from northern Bolivia north to central Peru, along the eastern slope of the Andes.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Erbessa cingulina (Druce, 1885)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.
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