Nudaurelia richelmanni
| Nudaurelia richelmanni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Nudaurelia |
| Species: | N. richelmanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Nudaurelia richelmanni Weymer, 1909 | |
Nudaurelia richelmanni is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is known from Tanzania.[1]
The body of the male of this species has a length of 32mm, its forewings a length of 60mm (with a width of 30mm) and it has a wingspan of 109 millimetres (4.3 in). The ground colour of the forewings is red-yellow, similar to Nudaurelia gueinzii (Staudinger, 1872), finly brownish-violet dusted, particularly at the costa.[2]
References
- ↑ afromoths
- ↑ (in German) Weymer, G. W. 1909. Exotische Lepidopteren. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 22:1–35 - on page 6-7
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