Saurita cretheis

Saurita cretheis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Saurita
Species: S. cretheis
Binomial name
Saurita cretheis
(Druce, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dycladia cretheis Druce, 1883

Saurita cretheis is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Druce in 1883. It is found in Ecuador.

Adults are black-brown. The forewings have two slight hyaline streaks in the end of the cell and a narrow wedge-shaped streak below the cell and a series of patches between the bases of veins 2 to 7. The hindwings have a hyaline streak in and beyond the lower end of the cell and a short streak beyond the upper angle.[2]

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