Erbessa tegyroides

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Erbessa tegyroides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Erbessa
Species:
E. tegyroides
Binomial name
Erbessa tegyroides
Miller, 2008

Erbessa tegyroides is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in south-eastern Peru.

The length of the forewings is 12 mm for males and 13.5–14 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is dark brown to blackish brown, while the ground color of the hindwings is blackish brown, but slightly lighter near the base.

The larvae feed on Miconia species.

Etymology

This species name was chosen to reflect the remarkable similarity between females of E. tegyroides and the josiine Proutiella tegyra .

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