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Eucyclopera minuta

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Species of moth

Eucyclopera minuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eucyclopera
Species: E. minuta
Binomial name
Eucyclopera minuta
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Lambula minuta Rothschild, 1912

Eucyclopera minuta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The forewings are white, the basal half of the wing brownish sooty grey from the middle of the cell to the hind margin. There is a broad subterminal and a narrow terminal line, both are pale grey. The hindwings are greyish white.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Eucyclopera minuta (Rothschild, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. Rothschild, W. (1912). "New Lithosianae". Novitates Zoologicae. 19: 212-246. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Eucyclopera minuta


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