Dicentria argyroma
| Dicentria argyroma | |
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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: | Dicentria |
| Species: | D. argyroma
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicentria argyroma Miller, 2011
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Dicentria argyroma is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.[1]
The length of the forewings is 18.5–21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is a mixture of silvery white and purplish grey scales, with blackish brown scales scattered along the veins. The ground colour of the hindwings is coppery white.
Etymology[edit]
The species name is derived from Greek argyros (meaning silver) and omos (meaning shoulder) and refers to the silvery-white region of the forewings in the area of the discal cell.
References[edit]
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- ^ Miller, James S.; Thiaucourt, Paul (November 1, 2011). "Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1033–1077. doi:10.1603/AN10141.
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