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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Araeomolis |
Species: | A. rubens
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Binomial name | |
Araeomolis rubens (
Schaus, 1905)
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Synonyms | |
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Araeomolis rubens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. [1] It is found in French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname and the Brazilian state of Amazonas. [2]
The forewing measures 17 mm (0.67 in) and, on its upperside, is chocolate brown mixed with white-grey speckles that lie along the costa and both sides of the crimson veins; the underside of the forewing is paler, and its veins are striped with crimson. The hindwing is crimson, grading to a paler colour costally. The antennae are brownish, and have crimson stripes on the posterior region. [3]
Araeomolis rubens | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Araeomolis |
Species: | A. rubens
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Binomial name | |
Araeomolis rubens (
Schaus, 1905)
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Synonyms | |
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Araeomolis rubens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. [1] It is found in French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname and the Brazilian state of Amazonas. [2]
The forewing measures 17 mm (0.67 in) and, on its upperside, is chocolate brown mixed with white-grey speckles that lie along the costa and both sides of the crimson veins; the underside of the forewing is paler, and its veins are striped with crimson. The hindwing is crimson, grading to a paler colour costally. The antennae are brownish, and have crimson stripes on the posterior region. [3]