Scopifera antorides

Scopifera antorides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1891.[1] It is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica and in Mexico in Durango and Xalapa.[2]

Scopifera antorides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Scopifera
Species:
S. antorides
Binomial name
Scopifera antorides
(H. Druce, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Mastigophorus antorides H. Druce, 1891
  • Mastigophorus pandes Schaus, 1906

The forewings are dark brown, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by three waved brown lines. There is a minute dot in the cell and a short pale yellowish-brown streak at the end of it. The hindwings are uniform dark brown, crossed below the middle by two fainter brown lines.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Scopifera antorides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Scopifera antorides (Druce, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  3. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera. 1: 470.
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