Biology:Alypiodes flavilinguis

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Short description: Alypiodes flavilinguis moth species

Alypiodes flavilinguis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypiodes
Species:
A. flavilinguis
Binomial name
Alypiodes flavilinguis
(Grote, 1883)

Alypiodes flavilinguis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae,[1] first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. Its name has been lifted as a synonymy of Alypiodes bimaculata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) in 2021.[2] It can be found in New Mexico,[3] Arizona, and Texas .[1]

A. flavilinguis larva

Description

Adult A. flavilinguis are around 17 millimetres (0.67 in) in length, and 48 millimetres (1.9 in) in wingspan. Its key feature is the metallic blue patches on its costa. They are an overall black moth with three pale yellow patches on its forewing.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15661223 entry