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Apatelodes castanea

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Apatelodes castanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Bombycidae
Genus:
Apatelodes
Species:
A. castanea
Binomial name
Apatelodes castanea
Jones, 1908

Apatelodes castanea is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found in Brazil (Parana).[1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are chestnut-brown with conspicuous dark slightly excurved ante- and post-medial lines. There is a minute white spot near the apex and a minute dark point on the discocellulars. The hindwings are chestnut-brown, but ochreous at the base.

References

  1. ^ Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from South-East Brazil


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