Chlorhoda albolimbata
Flashing footman | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Arctiidae |
Genus: | Chlorhoda |
Species: | C. albolimbata |
Binomial name | |
Chlorhoda albolimbata Toulgoët & Goodger, 1985 | |
Chlorhoda albolimbata, the flashing footman, is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Peru.[1]
If disturbed, adults flash open their wings, revealing their bright blood-red hindwings and abdomen, presumably to ward off predators.[2]
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