Rarisquamosa

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Rarisquamosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eupterotidae
Genus: Rarisquamosa
Bethune-Baker, 1910
Species:
R. arfaki
Binomial name
Rarisquamosa arfaki
Bethune-Baker, 1910

Rarisquamosa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Rarisquamosa arfaki, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1910. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 49 mm. The forewings and hindwings are rufous, the median area of the forewings broadly covered with fine grey hair-like scales and a broadish rufous line across the end of the cell, and an irregular terminal area of similar grey scales. The postmedial area between these grey areas is clear and rufous. The hindwings are uniform. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Rarisquamosa arfaki". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Rarisquamosa Bethune-Baker, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6 (35): 450 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .