Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lymantriidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Lymantriinae | |
Mpanjaka elegans is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in Central Madagascar.
The wings are white, speckled with black scales, particularly upon the basal third that is limited by a brown stripe. It wears a zig-zagged pale black post-median line. The head is whity-brown and the palpi black. The antennae are white, black speckles with brown pectinations.
The male of this species has a wingspan of 51 mm. It was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.
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