Macrocneme lades
| Macrocneme lades | |
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| Macrocneme lades. Mounted specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Macrocneme |
| Species: | M. lades |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrocneme lades (Cramer, [1775]) | |
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Macrocneme lades is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1775.
Subspecies
- Macrocneme lades lades
- Macrocneme lades cabimensis Dyar, 1914 (Panama)
Description
Macrocneme lades has a wingspan of about 43 millimetres (1.7 in). Wings have a shining grenish steel color. [1]
Distribution
This species cab be found in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Surinam, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Para) and Peru.[2]
References
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