Synechodes diabolus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Brachodidae |
Genus: | Synechodes |
Species: | S. diabolus
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Binomial name | |
Synechodes diabolus | |
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Synechodes diabolus is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found on the Moluccas and in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is 16.5–18 mm for males and 22-22.5 mm for females. The forewings are black, with a yellow spot and a yellow patch near the base. The hindwings are black, with a yellow subbasal band.
References
[edit]- ^ Kallies, A., 2004: The Brachodidae of the Oriental Region and Adjacent Territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147 (1): 1-20.
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum