Coreura simsoni

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Coreura simsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Coreura
Species:
C. simsoni
Binomial name
Coreura simsoni
(Druce, 1885) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eucyane simsoniDruce, 1885
  • Coreura euchromioidesDruce, 1898

Coreura simsoni is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Druce in 1885. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia.

The forewings are brownish black, glossed with dark blue near the base, and crossed from about the middle of the costal margin to the anal angle by a bright carmine band edged on either side with a narrow row of pinkish-white scales. The band is widest on the costal margin. The hindwings are brown, glossed with very dark blue. The outer margins are broadly bordered with carmine. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Coreura simsoni". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, chiefly from South America PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .