Druceiella basirubra

Druceiella basirubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Druceiella
Species: D. basirubra
Binomial name
Druceiella basirubra
(Schaus, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Dalaca basirubra Schaus, 1901
  • Pseudophassus songoensis Pfitzner, 1914

Druceiella basirubra is a species of moths of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Bolivia and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 80 mm. The forewings are dark grey, the space between the subcostal and median area shaded with dark ochreous brown. There are some small golden yellow spot, as well as an outer, subterminal and marginal row of dark ochreous brown spots. The hindwings are light brown with long reddish hairs at the base.[2]

References

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
  2. New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. II

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