Catharylla gigantea

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Catharylla gigantea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Catharylla
Species:
C. gigantea
Binomial name
Catharylla gigantea
T. Léger & B. Landry, 2014 [1]

Catharylla gigantea is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Théo Léger and Bernard Landry in 2014. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana and the Brazilian state of Amazonas. [1]

The length of the forewings is 13.5–14.5 mm for males and 17.5–22 mm for females. The forewings are snow white with a wide brown to dark brown costal line from the base to the apex. The median and subterminal transverse lines are faded brown. There are dark brown spots on the termen, forming a more or less continuous line. The hindwings are snow white with dark brown marginal spots. [1]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin giganteus (meaning very large). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Leger, Theo; Landry, Bernard; Nuss, Matthias & Mally, Richard (2014). "Systematics of the Neotropical genus Catharylla Zeller (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l., Crambinae)". ZooKeys (375): 15–73. Bibcode:2014ZooK..375...15L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.375.6222 . PMC   3921562 . PMID   24526844. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.