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Cibyra dorita

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Cibyra dorita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Cibyra
Species:
C. dorita
Binomial name
Cibyra dorita
Schaus, 1901

Cibyra dorita is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1901 and is known from Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 33 mm. The costal and inner margins of the forewings are violaceous brown. The space between veins two to seven is dull golden, crossed by reddish veins and dull lilac-brown blotches, edged with reddish. The hindwings are buff at the base, shading to reddish on the outer margin.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  2. ^ Schaus, William (June 1901). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9 (2): 73–77. JSTOR 25002931. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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