Biology:Anticoreura

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Short description: Genus of moths

Anticoreura
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Anticoreura
Prout, 1918
Species:
A. salmoni
Binomial name
Anticoreura salmoni
(H. Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Coreura salmoni H. Druce, 1885

Anticoreura is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae described by Prout in 1918. Its one species, Anticoreura salmoni, first described by Herbert Druce in 1885, is found in Colombia.[1]

Adults have dull, brownish-black forewings with a salmon-colored transverse band. The hindwings are iridescent blue with a dark gray fringe.

References

  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 321 (2): 1–676. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4774654 entry