Minonoa elvira
| Minonoa elvira | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Dalceridae |
| Genus: | Minonoa |
| Species: | M. elvira |
| Binomial name | |
| Minonoa elvira (Dognin, 1909) | |
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Minonoa elvira is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Dognin in 1909.[1] It is found in Colombia. The habitat consists of tropical lower montane and premontane wet forests.
The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, except for a triangle pointing forward with its side on the inner margin. This triangle is yellow with white proximally. The hindwings are white-edged with dark fuscous around the margins. Adults are on wing from June to August.[2]
References
- ↑ Dalceridae genus list
- ↑ Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153(4): 1-495. Full Article:
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