Borocera attenuata
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lasiocampidae |
Genus: | Borocera |
Species: | B. attenuata
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Binomial name | |
Borocera attenuata (Kenrick, 1914)
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Borocera attenuata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914.[1]
The males have a wingspan of 46 mm. Their head, palpi and the underside of the thorax are dull orange; antennaes, legs, thorax above and abdomen have a dark chestnut colour. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings smoky brown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Borocera attenuata (Kenrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ Kenrick (1914). "New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1913(4):p.591, plate 31, fig.13