Hypocrita pylotis

Hypocrita pylotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypocrita
Species:	H. pylotis
Binomial name
	Hypocrita pylotis; (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
	Phalaena pylotis Drury, 1773;

Hypocrita pylotis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in Honduras.[1]

Description

Upperside: antennae black and pectinated (comb like). Tongue orange and spiral. Head, thorax, and abdomen fine mazarine blue. Anterior wings dark mazarine, having a single white bar running from the middle of the anterior edge to the lower corner. A small part of the cilia at the tips is white, the rest being of the same colour as the wings. Posterior wings of the same colour as the superior, and immaculate, except the cilia, which is entirely white.

Underside: palpi black. Neck white. Breast and sides mazarine. The legs black and white. Abdomen orange, ringed with mazarine. Wings coloured as on the upper side; but next the body of a finer and stronger blue. The white part of the tips is also stronger and more distinct. The margins of all the wings are entire. Wing-span 2 ¹⁄₂ inches (64 mm).[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Hypocrita pylotis (Drury, 1773)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 2. p. 11. pl. V.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Hypocrita pylotis (Drury, 1773)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

[drury-2] Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 2. p. 11. pl. V.