Phoberopsis ferox

Phoberopsis ferox
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Genus: Phoberopsis
Species: P. ferox
Binomial name
Phoberopsis ferox
(Kenrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Gonometa ferox Kenrick, 1914

Phoberopsis ferox is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar.[1]

The male have a wingspan of 70mm. Their head, antennae, palpi and front of thorax are of fiery orange colour, the legs and thorax black, the abdomen black ringend with pale orange. The wings are dull black without markings.[2]

References

  1. afromoths.net
  2. Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.590, plate 31, fig.12

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