Dinia eagrus
| Scarlet-tipped wasp mimic moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Dinia |
| Species: | D. eagrus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dinia eagrus (Cramer, [1779]) | |
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Dinia eagrus, the scarlet-tipped wasp mimic moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.
Description
[edit]The wingspan of Dinia eagrus can reach about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The wings are hyaline (glass like), except for the brown veins and border and a brown mark across the forewings. The body is black brown with some metallic blue stripes, hairy, flat and broad. The abdomen is black and long with bright/red margins and tip.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species can be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Dinia eagrus (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.