Mimagyrta abdominalis

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Mimagyrta abdominalis
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M. abdominalis
Binomial name
Mimagyrta abdominalis
(Rothschild, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
  • Agyrta abdominalisRothschild, 1912

Mimagyrta abdominalis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in French Guiana, Suriname and Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm. The forewings are black with a broad glittering blue band two-fifths along the wing, a hyaline patch in the cell and a larger one below the median vein. There is a hyaline oblique postdiscal band reaching from the subcosta almost to the termen. The hindwings are black with a central hyaline band. The abdominal area is glittering blue. [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). "Mimagyrta abdominalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. Novitates Zoologicae PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .