Argentala argoptera
Appearance
Argentala argoptera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Argentala |
Species: | A. argoptera
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Binomial name | |
Argentala argoptera Miller, 2008
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Argentala argoptera is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is found along the western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes in cloud forest habitats at elevations between 1,200 and 2,600 meters.
The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm for males.
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.