Eucyclopera minuta

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Eucyclopera minuta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eucyclopera
Species:
E. minuta
Binomial name
Eucyclopera minuta
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Lambula minutaRothschild, 1912

Eucyclopera minuta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Papua New Guinea. [1]

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The forewings are white, the basal half of the wing brownish sooty grey from the middle of the cell to the hind margin. There is a broad subterminal and a narrow terminal line, both are pale grey. The hindwings are greyish white. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Eucyclopera minuta (Rothschild, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. Rothschild, W. (1912). "New Lithosianae". Novitates Zoologicae. 19: 212-246. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .