Xenomigia wilmeri

Xenomigia wilmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Xenomigia
Species:	X. wilmeri
Binomial name
	Xenomigia wilmeri; Miller, 2011

Xenomigia wilmeri is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2011. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.[1]

The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is chocolate brown, the veins thinly lined with whitish orange. The basal half of the hindwings is translucent light grey brown with an extremely wide, translucent, dark grey outer band.

The larvae have been reared on Chusquea cf. scandens.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Wilmer Simbaña, field manager for the Caterpillars and Parasitoids of the Eastern Andes in Ecuador project.

References

Miller, James S.; Thiaucourt, Paul (November 1, 2011). "Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1033–1077. doi:10.1603/AN10141.

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[1] Miller, James S.; Thiaucourt, Paul (November 1, 2011). "Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1033–1077. doi:10.1603/AN10141.