Mpanjaka montana

Mpanjaka montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Lymantrini
Genus: Mpanjaka
Species: M. montana
Binomial name
Mpanjaka montana
(Griveaud, 1974)
Synonyms

Dasychira montana (Griveaud, 1974)

Mpanjaka montana is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in Central Madagascar.

The male has a wingspan of 57 mm and the length of the frontwings is 28 mm. Abdomen, thorax and head are uniformely beige. Antennaes are bipectinated. Front wings are white with a dense pattern of black scaled and 3 red lines of red spots crossing the wing. Rear wings are of yellowish-white colour.[1]

See also

References

  1. P.Griveaud - 1973. Contribution à l'étude des Lépidoptères Hétérocères du massif de l'Andtringitra (Madagascar Centre) - Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris,3ieme serie, No. 186, Sept.oct. 1973)(125):1461–1483


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