Biology:Telchin syphax
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Short description: Species of moth
Telchin syphax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Castniidae |
Genus: | Telchin |
Species: | T. syphax
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Binomial name | |
Telchin syphax (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
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Telchin syphax is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is widely distributed in the Amazon basin in South America.
The wingspan is 100–130 mm. Adults are very dark brown. There is a slightly sinuous white band on the forewing that crosses the discal cell from the costal margin to the inner angle. There is a row of six spots found at the apical region of the wing. These spots are divided into two groups of three. There is a row of seven to eight red spots found on the hindwing, running parallel to the external margin.[2]
Subspecies
- Telchin syphax syphax (Surinam, the Guianas, Venezuela, Trinidad)
- Telchin syphax completa (Lathy, 1922) (Brazil)
References
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Wikidata ☰ Q7695671 entry
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