Biology:Pseudophaloe isosoma

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Short description: Species of moth

Pseudophaloe isosoma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudophaloe
Species:
P. isosoma
Binomial name
Pseudophaloe isosoma
(Prout, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Phaloe isosoma Prout, 1920

Pseudophaloe isosoma is a moth in the family Erebidae, found in Peru. The 5.6 cm-long female of the species was described by Prout in 1920.[1]

This moth has a black and white spotted head, and brown- or black- and white stripes along the rest of its body. The wings are also black and white, but with a red stripe on the forewing.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Pseudophaloe isosoma (Prout, 1920)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/pericopinae/pseudophaloe/#isosoma. Retrieved February 28, 2018. 
  2. Prout (1920). "Phaloe Isosoma". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 9 (5): 288. https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof951920lond#page/288/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 December 2015. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13523029 entry