Cibyra brunnea
Cibyra brunnea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Cibyra |
Species: | C. brunnea |
Binomial name | |
Cibyra brunnea Schaus, 1901 | |
Synonyms | |
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Cibyra brunnea is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Venezuela and Peru.[1]
The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are light brown, the costa spotted with black. There is a basal and inner oblique row of dark brown spots, as well as a median row of large brown spots. There are also three silvery spots and a broad outer brown shade, edged on either side with dark brown and then fawn. The hindwings are dull blackish brown.[2]
References
- ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II
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