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Species: | R. rubripunctata |
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Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892) | |
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Rhypopteryx rubripunctata is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Gustav Weymer in 1892. [1] It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Tanzania.
This species has a body length of 19 mm, the length of the forewings is 25 mm. The forewings are pale brown with a row of white spots near the costa. [2]
Weymeria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1895. Its only species, Weymeria athene, was first described by Weymer in 1892. It is found in Tanzania.
Rhypopteryx is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1879.
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