Macrocneme lades

Macrocneme lades
Macrocneme lades. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Macrocneme
Species: M. lades
Binomial name
Macrocneme lades
(Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
  • Sphinx lades Cramer, [1775]
  • Glaucopis leucostigma Perty, 1834
  • Macrocneme ferrea Butler, 1876

Macrocneme lades is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1775.

Subspecies

Description

Macrocneme lades has a wingspan of about 43 millimetres (1.7 in). Wings have a shining grenish steel color. [1]

Distribution

This species cab be found in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Surinam, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Para) and Peru.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The journal of the Linnean Society of London
  2. ↑ Macrocneme at funet


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