Mpanjaka grandidieri

Mpanjaka grandidieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Lymantrini
Genus: Mpanjaka
Species: M. grandidieri
Binomial name
Mpanjaka grandidieri
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms

Calliteara grandidieri Butler, 1882

Mpanjaka grandidieri is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in Central Madagascar.[1]

The wings are mouse-grey, sparkled with black atoms and crossed by 4 zig-zag white stripes. The body is whitish-brown and sandy-reddish behind the collar. The abdomen with blackish dorsal spots. The antennae are white, black speckeled with dark-brown pectinations.

The male has a wingspan of 53 mm. This species was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ archive.org: Butler, 1882, Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. - Cistula Entomologica 3(26), v. 3 1882-85, page 14, ref.29


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