Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Arctiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Horama | |
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Similar Macrocneme chrysitis, Cosmosoma teuthras, Ctenucha cressonana, Horama panthalon, Dahana atripennis | ||
Horama plumipes is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Drury in 1773. It is found in southern Texas, Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Description
Upper side: antennae black, but whitish at the tips; being thickest in the middle. Head black, with a white spot in front between the antennæ. Neck black, with three white spots on it. Thorax black, with several white spots thereon. Abdomen black, with several narrow white rings. Wings dark brown, immaculate.
Under side: palpi white. Tongue spiral. Breast black, spotted with white on its sides. Abdomen black, having one broad white ring on it, and several narrow ones. Legs long and black. Thighs white. Hinder legs furnished with tufts of hairs of a black colour, placed in such manner as to resemble the shaft of an arrow; the legs, above and below these tufts, being white. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Wing-span nearly 1¾ inches (45 mm).