Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Notodontidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Dioptinae | |
Nebulosa rawlinsi is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is known from two cloud forest localities: Maldonado on the western slope of the Andes in northern Ecuador, near the Colombian border and La Otonga Reserve, also on the western side of the Ecuadorian Andes, located between the towns of San Francisco de Las Pampas and La Union del Toachi.
The length of the forewings is 11-12.5 mm for males. The ground color of the forewings is uniformly cream to mustard yellow with no contrasting markings. The hindwings are light, creamy yellow in the basal third and rich cream to mustard yellow beyond.
Etymology
The species is named after John E. Rawlins, curator of Lepidoptera at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh.
References
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