Phaeochlaena costaricensis

Phaeochlaena costaricensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Phaeochlaena
Species: P. costaricensis
Binomial name
Phaeochlaena costaricensis
Miller, 2008

Phaeochlaena costaricensis is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

The length of the forewings is 15-18.4 mm for males and 18-21.5 mm for females. The forewings are dark blackish brown, with three orange-yellow maculations. The central area Of the hindwings is orange-yellow, with a blackish-brown marginal band extending from the apex to the tornus.

Etymology

The name refers to Costa Rica, one of the countries the species occurs in.

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