Scopifera antorides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Scopifera |
Species: | S. antorides |
Binomial name | |
Scopifera antorides (H. Druce, 1891) | |
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Scopifera antorides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica and in Mexico in Durango and Xalapa.
The forewings are dark brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by three waved brown lines. There is a minute dot in the cell and a short pale yellowish-brown streak at the end of it. The hindwings are uniform dark brown, crossed below the middle by two fainter brown lines.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopifera antorides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Scopifera antorides (Druce, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera. 1: 470. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Scopifera antorides |