Apatelodes mehida

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Apatelodes mehida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Bombycidae
Genus:
Apatelodes
Species:
A. mehida
Binomial name
Apatelodes mehida
H. Druce, 1904

Apatelodes mehida is a moth in the family Bombycidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1904. It is found in south-eastern Peru. [1]

The forewings are greyish brown with darker brown veins and a large brown spot, edged with white, on the outer side close to the apex. There is a dark brown elongated spot on the inner margin near the base and a straight brown line crosses the wing from the apex to the anal angle, between it and the base are two narrow curved lines extending from the costal to the inner margin. The hindwings are reddish brown, crossed about the middle from the costal to the inner margin by a pale greyish-brown waved band, which is darkest on the inner margin.

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