Urapteritra falcifera

Urapteritra falcifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Uraniidae
Subfamily:
Uraniinae
Genus:
Urapteritra
Species:
U. falcifera
Binomial name
Urapteritra falcifera
(Weymer, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Strophidia falcicera Weymer, 1892

Urapteritra falcifera is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Weymer in 1892. It is found in eastern Africa and South Africa .[1]

The length of its body is 12 mm, length of its forewings 23 mm. The forewings are white with three brownish-yellow stripes.[2]

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Urapteritra falcifera (Weymer, 1892)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Weymer, G. W. 1892. Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53(4–5):79–125


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