Biology:Sapheneutis pulchella

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Short description: Species of moth

Sapheneutis pulchella
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S. pulchella
Binomial name
Sapheneutis pulchella
Sobczyk & Schütte, 2010

Sapheneutis pulchella is a species of bagworm moth native to eastern Madagascar .[1]

Biology

The male has a wingspan of 21 mm, length of the forewings: 10 mm. The female has a wingspan between 21 and 31 mm.

Forewings are rounded with nine veins, white with black dots, hindwings are uniformly white with six veins. Antenna has 52 segments densely scaled, the eyes are black and large, the eye height is approx. 3.5 times the distance of the eyes.

The types had been found on trees with lichens and were found around Andasibe, Moramanga.[2]

See also

  • List of moths of Madagascar

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7420956 entry