Thyrosticta contigua

Thyrosticta contigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Thyrosticta
Species: T. contigua
Binomial name
Thyrosticta contigua
(Saalmüller, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Dysauxes contigua (Saalmüller, 1884)

Thyrosticta contigua is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is native to Madagascar.[1]

Its frontwings are black-brownish with 5 yellow spots, the wingspan is 26 mm.[2]

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