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Sthenoprocris malgassica

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Sthenoprocris malgassica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Zygaenidae
Subfamily:
Procridinae
Genus:
Sthenoprocris
Species:
S. malgassica
Binomial name
Sthenoprocris malgassica
Hampson, 1920

Sthenoprocris malgassica is a species of moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from Madagascar.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 20 millimetres (0.79 in), it is black-brown with an orange-yellow band on the thorax just behind the head.[2]

References

  1. ^ afromoths
  2. ^ Hampson 1920a. On new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, with the characters of two new families. - Novitates Zoologicae 26(2):253–282 (on page 275)


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