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Mpanjaka elegans

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Mpanjaka elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Mpanjaka
Species:
M. elegans
Binomial name
Mpanjaka elegans
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms

Mpanjaka elegans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found in central Madagascar.[1]

The wings are white, speckled with black scales, particularly upon the basal third that is limited by a brown stripe. It wears a zigzagged pale black post-median line. The head is whity-brown and the palpi black. The antennae are white, black speckles with brown pectinations.

The male of this species has a wingspan of 51 mm. It was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mpanjaka elegans (Butler, 1882)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Butler (1882). "Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica. 3 (26), v. 3 1882-85, page 13/14, ref.28. - via Internet Archive.