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Thoscora rubrivena

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Species of moth

Thoscora rubrivena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Thoscora
Species: T. rubrivena
Binomial name
Thoscora rubrivena
(E. D. Jones, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Edebessa rubrivena E. D. Jones, 1912

Thoscora rubrivena is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912. It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are light brown and thinly scaled. The costa and veins, with the exception of the subcostal nervure and submedian veins, are red. The hindwings are rose pink.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Thoscora rubrivena​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Thoscora rubrivena


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