Europtera punctillata

Europtera punctillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Subfamily: Lasiocampinae
Genus: Europtera
Species: E. punctillata
Binomial name
Europtera punctillata
(Saalmüller, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
  • Libethra punctillata Saalmüller, 1884
  • Europtera nigraluna De Lajonquière, 1970

Europtera punctillata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar.

The wings have a cinnamon-brown colour. The males have a wingspan of 35–43 mm and the females of 62mm[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ Y. De Lajonquière, 1970 Mémoires ORSTORM No. 37, Lépidoptères Lasiocampidae récoltés dans le Massif du Tsaratanana - Mission dans le Massif du Tsaratanana, page 169, pl. 14, Fig.2


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/19/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.