Saurita cretheis

Saurita cretheis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Saurita
Species:	S. cretheis
Binomial name
	Saurita cretheis; (Druce, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
	Dycladia cretheis Druce, 1883;

Saurita cretheis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1883. It is found in Ecuador.

Adults are black brown. The forewings have two slight hyaline streaks in the end of the cell and a narrow wedge-shaped streak below the cell and a series of patches between the bases of veins 2 to 7. The hindwings have a hyaline streak in and beyond the lower end of the cell and a short streak beyond the upper angle.^[2]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Saurita cretheis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
↑ Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum

Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Saurita cretheis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

[2] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum