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Eospilarctia naumanni

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Eospilarctia naumanni
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eospilarctia
Species:
E. naumanni
Binomial name
Eospilarctia naumanni
Saldaitis et al., 2012

Eospilarctia naumanni is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Kachin region of northern Myanmar.[1]

The wingspan is about 54 mm for males and 55 mm for females. The forewing veins are yellow on a brown background. The hindwings are white yellow with brown spots.

Etymology

The species is named after Mr Stefan Naumann, a Saturniidae specialist.

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