Erbessa alea

Erbessa alea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Erbessa
Species: E. alea
Binomial name
Erbessa alea
(Druce, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Microgiton alea Druce, 1890

Erbessa alea is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Ecuador.

Adults exhibit sexual dimorphism in wing pattern. The yellow forewings area is distally acute in males, but is rounded at its apex in females.

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