Dinia eagrus
Appearance
Dinia eagrus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Dinia |
Species: | D. eagrus
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Binomial name | |
Dinia eagrus (Cramer, [1779])
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Dinia eagrus, the scarlet-tipped wasp mimic moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.
Description
[edit]The wingspan of Dinia eagrus can reach about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The wings are hyaline (glass like), except for the brown veins and border and a brown mark across the forewings. The body is black brown with some metallic blue stripes, hairy, flat and broad. The abdomen is black and long with bright/red margins and tip.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Cock, Matthew J. W. "On the Number of Moths (Lepidoptera) that Occur in Trinidad and Tobago" Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Dinia eagrus (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.