Biology:Eublemma rufipuncta

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Short description: Species of moth

Eublemma rufipuncta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eublemma
Species:
E. rufipuncta
Binomial name
Eublemma rufipuncta
Turner, 1902

Eublemma rufipuncta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1902.[1] It is found in Australia .

Original description

Male, 10-14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen grey. Palpi with second joint rough-scaled, terminal joint minute, not reaching vertex. Antennae ochreous-grey; in male simple, ciliated (2). Legs grey ; posterior pair whitish-grey. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen obliquely rounded; grey, sometimes purplish-tinged; with straight, oblique darker lines, first from costa at 1/3 to dorsum at 1/4, second from mid-costa to dorsum at 2/3, third from costa near apex to tornus; the second line is interrupted at 1/3 from costa by a reddish dot ; a fine terminal line; cilia purplish-grey, irrorated with whitish. Hindwings with termen slightly rounded; veins 3 and 4 stalked; grey, a darker transverse line at J; a pale subterminal line from inner margin not reaching costa; cilia grey. Townsville, Q.; in July and September; two specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.
—Original description by Turner

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5405399 entry