Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lymantriidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Lymantriinae | |
Mpanjaka pastor is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in Central Madagascar.
The wings of this species are emerald-green, spotted with snow-white, irregularly striped with grey and crossed by 3 sinuated black lines. It wears a 3-shaped discocellular black spot. The body is sandy-yellow flecked with white, abdomen brownish with white edged segments.
The male of this species has a wingspan of 34 mm. It was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.
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