Borocera attenuata
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Borocera attenuata (Kenrick, 1914)
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Borocera attenuata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar.[1]
The male have a wingspan of 46 mm. Their head, palpi and underside of the thorax are of dull orange colour; antennaes, legs, thorax above and abdomen have a dark chestnut colour. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings smoky brown.[2]
References
- ^ afromoths.net
- ^ Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.591, plate 31, fig.13