Pikroprion

Pikroprion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Pikroprion
J. S. Miller, 2009
Species: P. sullivani
Binomial name
Pikroprion sullivani
J. S. Miller, 2009

Pikroprion is a genus of moths of the Notodontidae family. It consists of only one species, Pikroprion sullivani, which is endemic to the Choco habitat along the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Colombia.

The length of the forewings is 14.5-16 mm for males and 15.5-17 mm for females. The forewings are dark chocolate brown with three white maculations. There is a translucent white central area on the hindwings and a moderately wide, dark chocolate-brown outer margin.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of J. Bolling Sullivan.

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