Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Notodontidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Dioptinae | |
Euchontha carboniptera is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes.
The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm for males. The ground color of the forewings is dark charcoal gray to black. The ground color of the hindwings is dark gray to blackish charcoal gray.
Etymology
The name combines carbo which is Latin for coal with the Greek pteron (meaning wing) and refers to the coal black ground color of the fore- and hindwings, which distinguishes it from all other members of the Euchontha genus.
References
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