Misplaced Pages

Leichosila wagneri

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of moth

Leichosila wagneri
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Leichosila
Species: L. wagneri
Binomial name
Leichosila wagneri
Schmidt, 2009

Leichosila wagneri is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Christian Schmidt in 2009. It is only known from high-elevation forest (1,950 to 2,050 m) on Barva Volcano, Cordillera Central, Costa Rica.

The forewing length is about 13.5 mm.

References

  1. Schmidt, Christian. (2009). "A new genus and two new species of arctiine tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica". ZooKeys. 9: 89-96. doi:10.3897/zookeys.9.151
Taxon identifiers
Leichosila wagneri
Stub icon

This Spilosomina-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: