Apatelodes pandarioides

Apatelodes pandarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bombycidae
Genus:	Apatelodes
Species:	A. pandarioides
Binomial name
Apatelodes pandarioides Schaus, 1905

Apatelodes pandarioides is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found in French Guiana.

The wingspan is about 44 mm. There is an antemedial dark velvety brown spot on the inner margin of the forewings, followed by a dark brown line, a dark curved medial line and a more heavily marked postmedial line. There is also a subterminal line from the costa at three-fourths from the base, followed on the costa by a triangular dark brown spot outwardly edged with buff. The outer third of hindwings is darkest. There is an indistinct postmedial line and there are some dark brown streaks on the inner margin.^[1]

References

1. Proceedings of the United States National Museum

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog