Saurita cretheis
| Saurita cretheis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Saurita |
| Species: | S. cretheis |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurita cretheis (Druce, 1883)[1] | |
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Saurita cretheis is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1883. It is found in Ecuador.
Adults are black brown. The forewings have two slight hyaline streaks in the end of the cell and a narrow wedge-shaped streak below the cell and a series of patches between the bases of veins 2 to 7. The hindwings have a hyaline streak in and beyond the lower end of the cell and a short streak beyond the upper angle.[2]
References
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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