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Saurita cretheis

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Saurita cretheis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Saurita
Species:
S. cretheis
Binomial name
Saurita cretheis
(H. Druce, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Dycladia cretheis H. Druce, 1883

Saurita cretheis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1883.[1] It is found in Ecuador.

Adults are black brown. The forewings have two slight hyaline (glass-like) streaks in the end of the cell and a narrow wedge-shaped streak below the cell and a series of patches between the bases of veins 2 to 7. The hindwings have a hyaline streak in and beyond the lower end of the cell and a short streak beyond the upper angle.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Saurita cretheis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.