Athis fuscorubra

Athis fuscorubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Athis
Species: A. fuscorubra
Binomial name
Athis fuscorubra
(Houlbert, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Castnia fuscorubra Houlbert, 1917
  • Athis fournieri Lathy, 1922

Athis fuscorubra is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Trinidad, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela. It is probably also found in the Colombian Amazonas and north-western and northern Brazil.

The length of the forewings is about 40 mm. Adults are orange brown with a darker horseshoe shaped mark on the discal area. The marginal and apical areas are lighter. Furthermore, there are four hyaline (glassy) spots of variable size found on the sub-apical area. The hindwings are reddish orange at the base, but the discal cell area is orange. There is also a dark reddish-brown extradiscal band. The lateral margin has a fringe of reddish-brown scales.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Athis at funet
  2. ↑ Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) from Venezuela. VI. The genus Athis. Diagnosis and Comments Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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