Robinsonia punctata

Robinsonia punctata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Mexico.[1]

Robinsonia punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Robinsonia
Species:
R. punctata
Binomial name
Robinsonia punctata
Synonyms
  • Robinsonia punctata f. incompletta Gaede, 1928

The forewings are brown with a large diamond-shaped silvery-white patch in the submedian interspace. There is a second large oval patch extending from just inside the apex of the cell to the apex. The hindwings are silvery white.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Robinsonia punctata Rothschild, 1909". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. "Descriptions of some new species of South American Arctiadae"


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