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Spirama glaucescens

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Species of moth

Spirama glaucescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Spirama
Species: S. glaucescens
Binomial name
Spirama glaucescens
(Butler, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Calliodes glaucescens Butler, 1893
  • Speiredonia glaucescens

Spirama glaucescens is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (East Kasai, Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Like other species of genus Spirama, S. glaucescens has a pattern on the wings when the moth is resting that looks like the face of a snake with slightly opened mouth.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Spirama glaucescens (Butler 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
  2. Speiredonia glaucescens - BoLD
  3. Afro Moths
  4. African moths
Taxon identifiers
Spirama glaucescens


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