Eochroma
| Eochroma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Megalopygidae |
| Genus: | Eochroma Clench, 1956 |
| Species: | E. pulchella
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| Binomial name | |
| Eochroma pulchella (Schaus, 1905)
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Eochroma is a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae. It contains only one species, Eochroma pulchella, which is found in French Guiana.[1]
The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are ochreous, shading to brown and then olivaceous grey terminally. There is a black streak in the cell below the subcostal followed by a roseate patch. The hindwings are reddish ochreous, with the outer margin broadly smoky black from vein 2 to the apex, underneath reddish ochreous. The outer margins are broadly smoky black.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum - Descriptions of new South American moths
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- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eochroma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eochroma pulchella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
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