Rhypopteryx rubripunctata

Rhypopteryx rubripunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Genus: Rhypopteryx
Species: R. rubripunctata
Binomial name
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata
(Weymer, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Psilura rubripunctata Weymer, 1892

Rhypopteryx rubripunctata is a species of moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is known from East Africa.

This species has a body length of 19mm, the length of the forewings is 25mm. The forewings are pale-brown with a row of white spots near the costa.[2]

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