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Epicausis smithii

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Epicausis smithii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Epicausis
Species:
E. smithii
Binomial name
Epicausis smithii
(Mabille, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Daphnaeura smithii Mabille, 1880
  • Epicausis lanigera Butler, 1880

Epicausis smithiiis a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Madagascar.[2]

It has a wingspan of about 55-62 mm. The thorax is dark red, the abdomen black, the forewings are orange yellow with a broad black costa.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mabille, 1880a. Descriptions de trois nouvelles espèces de Lépidoptères de Madagascar. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1879:clxxiii–clxxiv.
  2. ^ afromoths.net
  3. ^ Gaede, 1935, In Seitz: Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. - — 15: page 32


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