Minonoa pachitea

Minonoa pachitea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Minonoa
Species: M. pachitea
Binomial name
Minonoa pachitea
Hopp, 1922

Minonoa pachitea is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Hopp in 1922.[1] It is found in Peru. The habitat consists of tropical moist and/or tropical dry forests.

The length of the forewings is 10 mm. The apical and basal areas of the forewings are dark fuscous with a broad orange band between them and orange projecting into the apical area from the middle of the apical side of the band. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Dalceridae genus list
  2. Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153(4): 1-495. Full Article:


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