Cibyra tesselloides

Cibyra tesselloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Cibyra
Species:	C. tesselloides
Binomial name
	Cibyra tesselloides; (Schaus, 1901)
Synonyms
	Dalaca tesselloides Schaus, 1901; Dalaca coscinophora Pfitzner, 1914;

Cibyra tesselloides is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1901 and is known from Brazil and Paraguay.[1]

The wingspan is about 62 mm. The forewings are pale brown, the cell and spaces between the veins evenly filled with darker streaks. The hindwings are light reddish brown.[2]

References

Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282.
Schaus, William (June 1901). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9 (2): 73–77. JSTOR 25002931.

External links

Hepialidae genera

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[1] Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282.

[2] Schaus, William (June 1901). "New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9 (2): 73–77. JSTOR 25002931.