Pseudoamuria uptoni
Pseudoamuria uptoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Pseudoamuria |
Species: | P. uptoni
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoamuria uptoni Tarmann, 2005[1]
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Pseudoamuria uptoni is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Cape York, Queensland, Australia.[1]
The length of the forewings is 6.5 mm for males and 7 mm for females. The wings are short. The upperside of the forewings is dark greenish grey with a purple sheen and the underside is whitish grey, but darker towards the apex. The hindwings are opaque, dark greenish grey, with a distinct, densely scaled, white streak behind cell running from the base to the centre of the wing. The underside is similar but whitish grey proximally and darker distally.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Tarmann, Gerhard M. (2004). Zygaenid moths of Australia: a revision of the Australian Zygaenidae, (Procridinae: Artonini). CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-06798-1.
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Categories:
- Moths described in 2005
- Procridinae
- Zygaenidae stubs