Mpanjaka elegans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Mpanjaka |
| Species: | M. elegans
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| Mpanjaka elegans (Butler, 1882)
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Mpanjaka elegans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found in central Madagascar.[1]
The wings are white, speckled with black scales, particularly upon the basal third that is limited by a brown stripe. It wears a zigzagged pale black post-median line. The head is whity-brown and the palpi black. The antennae are white, black speckles with brown pectinations.
The male of this species has a wingspan of 51 mm. It was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mpanjaka elegans (Butler, 1882)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ^ Butler (1882). "Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar". Cistula Entomologica. 3 (26), v. 3 1882-85, page 13/14, ref.28. - via Internet Archive.
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