Tifama chera
| Tifama chera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Tifama Walker, 1855 |
| Species: | T. chera |
| Binomial name | |
| Tifama chera (Drury, 1773) | |
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Tifama chera is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. The only species currently placed in genus Tifama, it was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Surinam. It is also found in Brazil.
Description
Upper side: antennae setaceous. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish russet. Wings grey ash-coloured, the anterior having a dark brown irregular line running near the posterior and external edges to the anterior near the tips. Posterior wings immaculate. Under side: the same colours as the upper, without any marks. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span nearly 2½ inches (60 mm).[1]
References
- ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 2. pp. 38-39. pl. XX.
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