Huebnerius dux
| Huebnerius dux | |
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| 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) | |
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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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