Proxhyle cinerascens

Proxhyle cinerascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Proxhyle
Species: P. cinerascens
Binomial name
Proxhyle cinerascens
de Toulgoët, 1959

Proxhyle cinerascens is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by de Toulgoët in 1959.

It is found in Andasibe, Madagascar.[1] This species has a wingspan of 14-15mm, strongly bipectinated antennae in the male. The forewings are greyish with blackish spots, hindwings yellowish-orange, bordered broadly with brown.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. de Toulgoët H. 1959. Description d'Arctiidas nouvelles de Madagascar (10e note) (Lep.). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 128:139


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