Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Calpinae | |
Huebnerius dux is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae (owlet moths). It is found in Madagascar.
The big head of this species is similar to the Sphingidae. Their antennae are light-brown and have 1/2 the length of the forewings. The abdomen is greyish-black, the forewings greyish black-brown. The hindwings are black-brown at their base with an edge of 1/5th of the wing in bright-yellow. Underside of wings is whitish grey-yellow. It has a wingspan of 100mm (male) to 107 mm (female).
Saalmüller described this species from a couple from the collection of the museum of Lübeck.
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