Euproctis apoblepta

Euproctis apoblepta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Euproctis
Species:
E. apoblepta
Binomial name
Euproctis apoblepta
Collenette, 1953[1]
Synonyms
  • Euproctis bernardi Griveaud, 1973

Euproctis apoblepta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Madagascar.

The male of this species has a wingspan of 35 mm. Head and front are bright orange-yellow, antennae with yellow flagellum and brownish black pectinations, thorax, abdomen and legs are orange-yellow. The legs are strongly hairy.

Forewings orange-yellow with a large grey discal part.[2]

References

  1. ^ afromoths
  2. ^ Griveaud, P. 1973b. Nouvelles espèces de Lymantriidae de Madagascar (Lep.)- Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 78: page 133, fig.5


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