Anticoreura

Anticoreura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Notodontidae
Tribe:Dioptini
Genus:Anticoreura
Prout, 1918
Species: A. salmoni
Binomial name
Anticoreura salmoni
(Druce, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Coreura salmoni Druce, 1885

Anticoreura is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. It consists of only one species, Anticoreura salmoni, which is found in Colombia.

Adults have dull, brownish-black forewings with a salmon-colored transverse band. The hindwings are iridescent blue with a dark gray fringe.

References

  • Miller, J. S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.


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