Xenomigia pinasi
Xenomigia pinasi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Xenomigia |
Species: | X. pinasi
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Binomial name | |
Xenomigia pinasi Miller, 2008
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Xenomigia pinasi is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found along the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.
The length of the forewings is 19-19.5 mm for males and 21.5 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is chocolate brown to dark brown. The surface of the hindwings is semi-hyaline on a ground color of dusty white. The veins are yellowish to cream colored and the anterior margin is light gray-brown.
Etymology[]
The species is named in honor of Francisco Pinas, a collector of Ecuadorian moths.
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 2008
- Notodontidae of South America
- Notodontidae stubs