Eospilarctia naumanni

Eospilarctia naumanni
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eospilarctia
Species: E. naumanni
Binomial name
Eospilarctia naumanni
Saldaitis et al., 2012

Eospilarctia naumanni is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Kachin region of northern Myanmar.[1]

The wingspan is about 54 mm for males and 55 mm for females. The forewing veins are yellow on a brown background. The hindwings are white yellow with brown spots.

Etymology

The species is named after Mr Stefan Naumann, a Saturniidae specialist.

References

  1. ↑ Review of the Eospilarctia yuennanica group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from the Indo – Himalayan region, with description of two new species and one subspecies


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