Biology:Horama diffissa
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Short description: Species of moth
| Horama diffissa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Horama |
| Species: | H. diffissa
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| Binomial name | |
| Horama diffissa Grote, 1866
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Horama diffissa is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found in Cuba[1] and Haiti.
The wingspan is about 33 mm for males and 38–44 mm for females. The forewings are tawny, with an ochreous-yellow spot at the humeral angle. The hindwings are ochreous yellow with a tawny band across the apex and termen.[2]
References
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf.
- ↑ A Review of the Genus Horama and Reestablishment of the Genus Poliopastea (Lepidoptera: Ctenuchidae)
Wikidata ☰ Q5902552 entry
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