Biology:Paramilionia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Paramilionia
Scientific classification
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Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Bethune-Baker, 1906
Binomial name
Paramilionia rubroplagata

Paramilionia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. At present there is only one species in this genus: Paramilionia rubroplagata, described from Sierra Leone. Although, there are some doubts about the labels of the types and this is possibly a synonym of the South American Sangala gloriosa. Both the genus and species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906.[1]

It has a wingspan of 50 mm. The wings are blackish, with a strong deep blue metallic lustre.[2]

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Paramilionia rubroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1906". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PARARUBR. Retrieved April 12, 2019. 
  2. Bethune-Baker (1906). "Descriptions of African Lepidoptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (7)18: 339–346, 473–474.

Wikidata ☰ Q10804081 entry