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Borocera attenuata

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Borocera attenuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Borocera
Species:
B. attenuata
Binomial name
Borocera attenuata
(Kenrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Gonometa attenuata (Kenrick, 1914)

Borocera attenuata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914.[1]

The males have a wingspan of 46 mm. Their head, palpi and the underside of the thorax are dull orange; antennaes, legs, thorax above and abdomen have a dark chestnut colour. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings smoky brown.[2]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Borocera attenuata (Kenrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Kenrick (1914). "New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1913(4):p.591, plate 31, fig.13