Cibyra brunnea

Cibyra brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Cibyra
Species: C. brunnea
Binomial name
Cibyra brunnea
Schaus, 1901
Synonyms
  • Yleuxas bradleyi Viette, 1951

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

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
  2. New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II

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