Erbessa tegyroides

Erbessa tegyroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Erbessa
Species: E. tegyroides
Binomial name
Erbessa tegyroides
Miller, 2008

Erbessa tegyroides is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in south-eastern Peru.

The length of the forewings is 12 mm for males and 13.5–14 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is dark brown to blackish brown, while the ground color of the hindwings is blackish brown, but slightly lighter near the base.

The larvae feed on Miconia species.

Etymology

This species name was chosen to reflect the remarkable similarity between females of E. tegyroides and the josiine Proutiella tegyra.

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