Tifama chera

Tifama chera
Dorsal view
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)
Synonyms
  • Chaetognatha Felder, 1874
  • Noctua chera Drury, 1773
  • Lusura chera (Drury, 1773)
  • Phalaena altrix Stoll, [1780]
  • Phalaena megalops Sepp, 1848
  • Tifama simois Walker, 1855

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

  1. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 2. pp. 38-39. pl. XX.


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