Araeomolis rubens
| Araeomolis rubens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
| Genus: | Araeomolis |
| Species: | A. rubens |
| Binomial name | |
| Araeomolis rubens (Schaus, 1905)[1] | |
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Araeomolis rubens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guyana, Amazonas, Venezuela and Peru.[2]
Description
The forewing measures 17 mm (0.67 in) and, on its upperside, is chocolate brown mixed with white-grey speckles that lie along the costa and both sides of the crimson veins; the underside of the forewing is paler, and its veins are striped with crimson. The hindwing is crimson, grading to a paler color costally. The antennae are brownish, and have crimson stripes on the posterior region.[3]
References
- ↑ Araeomolis at funet
- ↑ Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana
- ↑ Joicey JJ, Talbot G. (1916). "IV. New South-American Arctiadae". Annals of Natural History London. 18: 53–62.
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