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Mpanjaka montana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lymantriidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Lymantriinae

Mpanjaka montana is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in Central Madagascar.

The male has a wingspan of 57 mm and the length of the frontwings is 28 mm. Abdomen, thorax and head are uniformely beige. Antennaes are bipectinated. Front wings are white with a dense pattern of black scaled and 3 red lines of red spots crossing the wing. Rear wings are of yellowish-white colour.

References

Mpanjaka montana Wikipedia