Robinsonia punctata

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Robinsonia punctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Robinsonia
Species:
R. punctata
Binomial name
Robinsonia punctata
Rothschild, 1909
Synonyms
  • Robinsonia punctata f. incomplettaGaede, 1928

Robinsonia punctata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Mexico. [1]

The forewings are brown with a large diamond-shaped silvery-white patch in the submedian interspace. There is a second large oval patch extending from just inside the apex of the cell to the apex. The hindwings are silvery white. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Robinsonia punctata Rothschild, 1909". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. "Descriptions of some new species of South American Arctiadae" PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .