Mpanjaka pastor
Mpanjaka pastor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lymantriidae |
Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
Tribe: | Lymantrini |
Genus: | Mpanjaka |
Species: | M. pastor |
Binomial name | |
Mpanjaka pastor (Butler, 1882) | |
Synonyms | |
Calliteara pastor Butler, 1882 |
Mpanjaka pastor is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in Central Madagascar.[1]
The wings of this species are emerald-green, spotted with snow-white, irregularly striped with grey and crossed by 3 sinuated black lines. It wears a 3-shaped discocellular black spot. The body is sandy-yellow flecked with white, abdomen brownish with white edged segments.
The male of this species has a wingspan of 34 mm. It was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.[2]
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