Phaeochlaena costaricensis

Phaeochlaena costaricensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Notodontidae
Genus:Phaeochlaena
Species: P. costaricensis
Binomial name
Phaeochlaena costaricensis
Miller, 2008

Phaeochlaena costaricensis is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

The length of the forewings is 15-18.4 mm for males and 18-21.5 mm for females. The forewings are dark blackish brown, with three orange-yellow maculations. The central area Of the hindwings is orange-yellow, with a blackish-brown marginal band extending from the apex to the tornus.

Etymology

The name refers to Costa Rica, one of the countries the species occurs in.

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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