Saurita mediorubra

Saurita mediorubra is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William James Kaye in 1911. It is found in southern Brazil.

Saurita mediorubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Saurita
Species:
S. mediorubra
Binomial name
Saurita mediorubra
Kaye, 1911[1]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are semihyaline (almost glass like), the apex broadly black with some dark scaling at the tornus. The hindwings, the apex and inner margin with some dark scaling.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Saurita mediorubra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. New species of Syntomidae from British Guiana and south Brazil


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