Erbessa alea
| Erbessa alea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Erbessa |
| Species: | E. alea
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| Binomial name | |
| Erbessa alea (H. Druce, 1890)
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Erbessa alea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Ecuador.
Adults exhibit sexual dimorphism in wing pattern. The yellow forewings area is distally acute in males, but is rounded at its apex in females.
References[]
- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1890
- Notodontidae of South America
- Erbessa stubs