Apatelodes firmiana
Apatelodes firmiana is a moth in the family Bombycidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found from Mexico to Guyana[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Apatelodidae |
| Genus: | Apatelodes |
| Species: | A. firmiana |
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| Apatelodes firmiana (Stoll, [1782]) | |
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The wings are brown, shading into darker at the outer margin except the apex and the outer half of the inner margin. There is a subbasal brown patch and an apical minute triangle well below the costa.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku. "Apatelodes firmiana (Stoll, [1782])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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