Pseudophaloe isosoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Pseudophaloe |
Species: | P. isosoma |
Binomial name | |
Pseudophaloe isosoma (Prout, 1920) | |
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Pseudophaloe isosoma is a moth in the family Erebidae, found in Peru. The 5.6 cm-long female of the species was described by Prout in 1920.
This moth has a black and white spotted head, and brown- or black- and white stripes along the rest of its body. The wings are also black and white, but with a red stripe on the forewing.
References
- Savela, Markku. "Pseudophaloe isosoma (Prout, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- Prout (1920). "Phaloe Isosoma". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 9 (5): 288. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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