Biology:Mallocampa jaensis
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | M. jaensis
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| Mallocampa jaensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
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Mallocampa jaensis is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]
The wingspan is about 86 mm for females and 50 mm for males. The forewings are greyish olive brown, with the base dark for a restricted area, followed by a paler stripe and then by a double irregular angled line. The cell and a small median area are dark brownish grey and there is a white spot at the end of the cell, as well as a postmedian double, irregular, subcrenulate line defining the dark median area. The apex and termen are darkish. The hindwings are uniform sooty brown.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Mallocampa jaensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=73775.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334
Wikidata ☰ Q13810876 entry
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