Apatelodes quadrata

Apatelodes quadrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species: A. quadrata
Binomial name
Apatelodes quadrata
Jones, 1908

Apatelodes quadrata is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found in Brazil (Parana).[1]

The wingspan is about 41 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated with light brown. There is a double antemedial line only visible at the inner margin and costa, preceded by a white line and a large dark violaceous-brown spot on the inner margin. There is a brown postmedial line excurved beyond the cell, a brown fascia from the antemedial on the costa to the postmedial, as well as a dark violaceous-brown ubapical spot, followed by minute semi hyaline spots and a larger semihyaline spot. The basal half of the hindwings is red-brown in the form of a square, extending in a nearly straight line to the inner margin, and slightly excavated to the costa followed by a whitish line. The terminal area is fuscous-grey.

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