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Saurita mediorubra

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Saurita mediorubra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Saurita
Species:
S. mediorubra
Binomial name
Saurita mediorubra
Kaye, 1911[1]

Saurita mediorubra is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William James Kaye in 1911. It is found in southern Brazil.

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are semihyaline (almost glass like), the apex broadly black with some dark scaling at the tornus. The hindwings, the apex and inner margin, with some dark scaling.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Saurita mediorubra​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. ^ New species of Syntomidae from British Guiana and south Brazil Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.