Erbessa cingulina

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Erbessa cingulina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Erbessa
Species:
E. cingulina
Binomial name
Erbessa cingulina
(H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena cingulinaH. Druce, 1885
  • Stenoplastis albifronsWarren, 1904
  • Phaeochlaena auranticaH. Druce, 1885
  • Myonia quadriguttataHering, 1925
  • Stenoplastis semimaculataWarren, 1904
  • Stenoplastis spumataWarren, 1904
  • Myonia stenoxanthaHering, 1925

Erbessa cingulina is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1885. [1]

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Description

Erbessa cingulina has a wingspan of about 38 millimetres (1.5 in). The species has a high wing-pattern variability. Usually forewings are deep black, with all the nerves ochraceous brown and an oval spot at the end of the cell. Hindwings are creamy white with the margins broadly banded with black. The abdomen with a central streak and one on each side bright yellow. [1] [2]

Distribution

This species can be found from northern Bolivia north to central Peru, along the eastern slope of the Andes. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Erbessa cingulina (Druce, 1885)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London