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Eublemma lozostropha

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Species of moth

Eublemma lozostropha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eublemma
Species: E. lozostropha
Binomial name
Eublemma lozostropha
Turner, 1902
Synonyms
  • Eublemma loxostropha

Eublemma lozostropha is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1902. It is found from Kalbarri in Western Australia north around northern Australia, through central Australia and down the eastern coast to southern New South Wales.

Original description

Female, 12-13 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous, vertex sometimes white; palpi short, not reaching vertex, second joint loosely scaled. Antennae grey, towards base whitish-ochreous. Thorax and abdomen ochreous-brown. Legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa nearly straight; apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, oblique; reddish-brown; a narrow inwardly oblique white fascia from mid-costa to dorsum at 2/3, followed by a broader grey suffusion; cilia white, mixed with fuscous-brown. Hindwings with termen rounded; veins 3 and 4 stalked; grey; cilia grey. Townsville, Q.; in May, July, and August; three specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

— Original description by Turner

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Taxon identifiers
Eublemma lozostropha


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