Huebnerius dux

Huebnerius dux
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Huebnerius
Species: H. dux
Binomial name
Huebnerius dux
(Saalmüller, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Phyllodes dux Saalmüller, 1881
  • Phyllodes proetexatus (Mabille, 1882)

Huebnerius dux is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family (owlet moths). It is found in Madagascar.[1]

The big head of this species is similar to the Sphingidae. Their antennae are light-brown and have 1/2 the length of the forewings. The abdomen is greyish-black, the forewings greyish black-brown. The hindwings are black-brown at their base with an edge of 1/5th of the wing in bright-yellow. Underside of wings is whitish grey-yellow. It has a wingspan of 100mm (male) to 107 mm (female).

Saalmüller described this species from a couple from the collection of the museum of Lübeck.[2]

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