Borocera attenuata
| Borocera attenuata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lasiocampidae |
| Subfamily: | Lasiocampinae |
| Genus: | Borocera |
| Species: | B. attenuata |
| Binomial name | |
| Borocera attenuata (Kenrick, 1914) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Borocera attenuata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar.[1]
The male have a wingspan of 46 mm. Their head, palpi and underside of the thorax are of dull orange colour; antennaes, legs, thorax above and abdomen have a dark chestnut colour. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings smoky brown.[2]
References
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.591, plate 31, fig.13
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.