Spirama glaucescens

Spirama glaucescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Spirama
Species:
S. glaucescens
Binomial name
Spirama glaucescens
(Butler, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Calliodes glaucescens Butler, 1893
  • Speiredonia glaucescens[2]

Spirama glaucescens is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (East Kasai, Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3]

Like other species of genus Spirama, S. glaucescens has a pattern on the wings when the moth is resting that looks like the face of a snake with slightly opened mouth.[4]

References

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Spirama glaucescens (Butler 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Speiredonia glaucescens - BoLD
  3. ^ Afro Moths
  4. ^ African moths


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