Erbessa cingulina
| Erbessa cingulina | |
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| Erbessa cingulina. Mounted specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Erbessa |
| Species: | E. cingulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Erbessa cingulina (Druce, 1885) | |
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Erbessa cingulina is a moth of the Notodontidae family.
Description
Erbessa cingulina has a wingpan of about 38 millimetres (1.5 in). The species has a high wing-pattern variability. Usually forewings are deep black, with all the nerves ochraceous-brown and an oval spot at the end of the cell. Hindwings are creamy white with the margins broadly banded with black. The abdomen with a central streak and one on each side bright yellow.[1]
Distribution
This species can be found from northern Bolivia north to central Peru, along the eastern slope of the Andes.[1]
References
- Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.
- Discover Life
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