Pseudophaloe isosoma
| Pseudophaloe isosoma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pseudophaloe |
| Species: | P. isosoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophaloe isosoma (Prout, 1920) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudophaloe isosoma is a moth in the Erebidae family, found in Peru. The 5.6 cm-long female of the species was described by Prout in 1920.[1]
This moth has a black and white spotted head, and brown- or black- and white stripes along the rest of its body. The wings are also black and white, but with a red stripe on the fore wing.[2]
References
- ↑ Pseudophaloe at funet
- ↑ Prout (1920). "Phaloe Isosoma". The Annals and magazine of natural history: zoology, botany, and geology. 9 (5): 288. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
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