Apatelodes quadrata

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

Apatelodes quadrata is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found in Brazil (Parana).

The wingspan is about 41 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated with light brown. There is a double antemedial line only visible at the inner margin and costa, preceded by a white line and a large dark violaceous-brown spot on the inner margin. There is a brown postmedial line excurved beyond the cell, a brown fascia from the antemedial on the costa to the postmedial, as well as a dark violaceous-brown ubapical spot, followed by minute semi hyaline spots and a larger semihyaline spot. The basal half of the hindwings is red-brown in the form of a square, extending in a nearly straight line to the inner margin, and slightly excavated to the costa followed by a whitish line. The terminal area is fuscous-grey.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog