Sapheneutis pulchella
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Order: | |
Family: | Psychidae
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Genus: | |
Species: | S. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Sapheneutis pulchella Sobczyk & Schütte, 2010
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Sapheneutis pulchella is a species of bagworm moth native to eastern Madagascar.[1]
Biology[]
The male has a wingspan of 21 mm, length of the forewings: 10 mm. The female has a wingspan between 21 and 31 mm.
Forewings are rounded with nine veins, white with black dots, hindwings are uniformly white with six veins. Antenna has 52 segments densely scaled, the eyes are black and large, the eye height is approx. 3.5 times the distance of the eyes.
The types had been found on trees with lichens and were found around Andasibe, Moramanga.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Sapheneutis pulchella Sobczyk & Schütte, 2010". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ^ Sobczyk & Schütte 2010. Two new species, taxonomic notes and a checklist of bagworm moths from Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 57(1):59–68.
Categories:
- Psychidae
- Lepidoptera of Madagascar
- Moths described in 2010
- Moths of Madagascar
- Moths of Africa
- Tineoidea stubs