Xenomigia pinasi

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

Xenomigia pinasi is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found along the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.

The length of the forewings is 19-19.5 mm for males and 21.5 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is chocolate brown to dark brown. The surface of the hindwings is semi-hyaline on a ground color of dusty white. The veins are yellowish to cream colored and the anterior margin is light gray-brown.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Francisco Pinas, a collector of Ecuadorian moths.

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