Euglyphis rivulosa

Euglyphis rivulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Euglyphis
Species: E. rivulosa
Binomial name
Euglyphis rivulosa
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx rivulosa Drury, 1773

Euglyphis rivulosa is a species of Moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Surinam.

Description

Upper side: antennae pectinated. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings pale reddish brown, or fawn-coloured. The latter with several indented and waved lines, some being darker and some lighter than the general colour of the wings. On the anterior is a large chocolate patch, situated on the middle of the wings, and joining to the anterior edge; between which and the shoulders is another that is much smaller.

Under side: tongue obsolete. Palpi, breast, abdomen, and wings brown, as on the upper side; the latter immaculate, except a dark patch on each wing near the shoulders. Margins of the wings slightly dentated.

Wing-span 3 inches (75 mm).[1]

References

  1. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 2. p. 28-29. pl. XIV.
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