Euchontha carboniptera

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

Euchontha carboniptera is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is endemic to the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes.

The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm for males. The ground color of the forewings is dark charcoal gray to black. The ground color of the hindwings is dark gray to blackish charcoal gray.

Etymology

The name combines carbo which is Latin for coal with the Greek pteron (meaning wing) and refers to the coal-black ground color of the forewings and hindwings, which distinguishes it from all other members of the genus Euchontha .

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