Eucalantica icarusella
| Eucalantica icarusella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Eucalantica |
| Species: | E. icarusella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalantica icarusella Sohn & Nishida, 2011 | |
Eucalantica icarusella is a moth in the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Costa Rica (high elevations of Cartago, Heredia and San José provinces).[1]
The length of the forewings is 5.3-7.9 mm.
Etymology
The species is named after the Greek mythological character Icarus and refers to the white forewing with scarlet dorsal suffusion resembling Icarus' waxy wings burnt by sunlight.
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