Scopifera antorides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Scopifera |
| Species: | S. antorides
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| Scopifera antorides (H. Druce, 1891)
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Scopifera antorides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1891.[1] It is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica and in Mexico in Durango and Xalapa.[2]
The forewings are dark brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by three waved brown lines. There is a minute dot in the cell and a short pale yellowish-brown streak at the end of it. The hindwings are uniform dark brown, crossed below the middle by two fainter brown lines.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopifera antorides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Scopifera antorides (Druce, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera. 1: 470.
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