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Apatelodes quadrata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Bombycidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Apatelodes

Apatelodes quadrata is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found in Brazil (Parana).

The wingspan is about 41 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated with light brown. There is a double antemedial line only visible at the inner margin and costa, preceded by a white line and a large dark violaceous-brown spot on the inner margin. There is a brown postmedial line excurved beyond the cell, a brown fascia from the antemedial on the costa to the postmedial, as well as a dark violaceous-brown ubapical spot, followed by minute semi hyaline spots and a larger semihyaline spot. The basal half of the hindwings is red-brown in the form of a square, extending in a nearly straight line to the inner margin, and slightly excavated to the costa followed by a whitish line. The terminal area is fuscous-grey.

References

Apatelodes quadrata Wikipedia