Xanthodesma rectangulata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Xanthodesma |
Species: | X. rectangulata |
Binomial name | |
Xanthodesma rectangulata | |
Xanthodesma rectangulata is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
The head, antennae, palpi, legs and thorax of this species are ochreous orange, the abdomen dull yellowish. The forewings are dull orange, the veins all dark brown; a short dark basal line, a straight antemedian line, and a postmedian line strongly angulated on vein 6. The subterminal line is curved and followed by a distinct terminal line. The hindwings are uniformly dull orange. The wingspan of this moth is 44 mm. [2]
Phryganopteryx is a genus of Madagascan moths in the monotypic subtribe Phryganopterygina of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Max Saalmüller in 1884. The type species of this genus is Phryganopteryx strigilataSaalmüller, 1878.
Xanthodesma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1910.
Kenrickodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Viette in 1961. The species are known from Madagascar.
Eutelephia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Eutelephia aureopicta, was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found on Madagascar.
Leucotelia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Leucotelia ochreoplagata, was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found on Madagascar.
Macroglossum milvus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Réunion and Mauritius.
Phoberopsis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Yves de Lajonquière in 1972. Its only species, Phoberopsis ferox, described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914, is native to Madagascar.
Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common in open habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar. It is however probably absent from the equatorial forest belt, except as a vagrant. The species is an active migrant.
Lophocera is a genus of snout moths described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917.
Lophocera flavipuncta is a species of snout moth in the genus Lophocera. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
Borocera attenuata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914.
Anania elutalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is found on Madagascar.
Glyphodes paramicalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found in Madagascar.
Syllepte aureotinctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is known from Madagascar.
Calligraphidia tessellata is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
Acontia gloriosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is found in Madagascar.
Corgatha subindicata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is found in Madagascar.
Isturgia catalaunaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Phryganopteryx rectangulata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914. It is found on Madagascar.
Elophila africalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.