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Phanoptis fatidica

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Phanoptis fatidica
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P. fatidica
Binomial name
Phanoptis fatidica
(Dognin, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Phelloe fatidica Dognin, 1910

Phanoptis fatidica is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found from Venezuela west to Colombia, then south along the eastern slope of the Andes to central Peru.

Adults have uniformly iridescent blue-black fore- and hindwings with a single white transverse forewing band.

References

  • Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.