Erbessa albilinea
| Erbessa albilinea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Erbessa |
| Species: | E. albilinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Erbessa albilinea Miller, 2008
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Erbessa albilinea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found in Costa Rica.
The length of the forewings is 18.5–21 mm for males and 21–23 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Miconia dolichopoda and Conostegia subcrustulata. They have a contrasting tiger-stripe pattern, running over almost the entire length of the body.
References
[edit]- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.