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Rhypopteryx rubripunctata

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Species of moth

Rhypopteryx rubripunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Rhypopteryx
Species: R. rubripunctata
Binomial name
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata
(Weymer, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Psilura rubripunctata Weymer, 1892

Rhypopteryx rubripunctata is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Gustav Weymer in 1892. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa and Tanzania.

This species has a body length of 19 mm, the length of the forewings is 25 mm. The forewings are pale brown with a row of white spots near the costa.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rhypopteryx rubripunctata (Weymer, 1892)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. Weymer, G. W. (1892). "Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 53 (4–5): 108–109.
Taxon identifiers
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata


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