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Drugera santiago

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Notodontidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Drugera

Drugera santiago is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.

The length of the forewings is about 22.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is a mixture of charcoal grey and silvery white scales. The ground colour of the hindwings is dirty light grey-brown.

Etymology

The species is derived from the province of Morona-Santiago in southern Ecuador, where the species was first collected in 1979.

References

Drugera santiago Wikipedia