Rhypopteryx rubripunctata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Rhypopteryx |
| 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]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ Weymer, G. W. (1892). "Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 53 (4–5): 108–109.
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