Scotura niveilimba
| Scotura niveilimba | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Scotura |
| Species: | S. niveilimba |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotura niveilimba Miller, 2008 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scotura niveilimba is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Brazil and Peru.
Etymology
The name comes from a combination of the Latin adjective niveus (meaning snowy) and limbus (meaning border or hem) and refers to the white hindwing margin, a trait that distinguishes niveilimba from Scotura nervosa and it relatives.
References
- Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.
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