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Nudaurelia xanthomma (Rothschild, 1907) | |
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Nudaurelia xanthomma is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is known from Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone. [1]
The body of the male of this species has a length of 34 millimetres (1.3 in), its forewings a length of 65 mm (2.6 in) and a width of 29 mm (1.1 in), with a wingspan of 117 mm (4.6 in).
The ground colour of the forewings is brownish red-yellow, the underside is yellow-brown. [2]
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