Macrocneme lades
| Macrocneme lades | |
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| Mounted specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Macrocneme |
| Species: | M. lades |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrocneme lades (Cramer, [1775]) | |
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Macrocneme lades is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.
Description
Macrocneme lades has a wingspan of about 43 millimetres (1.7 in). wings have a shining grenish steel color.[1]
Distribution
This species cab be found in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Para) and Peru.[2]
References
- ↑ The Journal of the Linnean Society of London
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Macrocneme Hübner, 1818". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macrocneme lades". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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