Athis rutila
| Athis rutila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Castniidae |
| Genus: | Athis |
| Species: | A. rutila |
| Binomial name | |
| Athis rutila (R. Felder, 1874)[1] | |
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Athis rutila is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Brazil (Upper Amazonas), Venezuela, French Guiana and Peru.
The length of the forewings is about 58 mm. The forewings are brownish-orange, but slightly darker at the base. There is a dark, rounded spot on the apex of the discal cell and toward the costal margin. Two dark spots are found sub apically. The hindwing are brownish-orange, but yellowish along the costal and the anal margins. There is a dark extradiscal spot band. Between this and the lateral margin, there are orange spots. This lateral margin is dark and ends with a fringe of orange scales.[2]
The larvae feed on epiphytic Bromelia species.
Subspecies
- Athis rutila rutila (Upper Amazonas)
- Athis rutila rutiloides (Houlbert, 1918) (Peru)
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