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Patagobia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Arctiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Patagobia

Genus
  
Patagobia Schmidt and De Freina, 2011

Patagobia is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family. It contains only one species, Patagobia thursbyi, which is found in Chile and Argentina where it is known from temperate montane woodlands and grasslands in Patagonia.

The forewing length is 12.9–13.2 mm and the ground colour is pale ochre yellow but with broad, sometimes entirely confluent dark-brown transverse bands. The pattern elements consist of a dark basal area and sinuous, diffuse dark-brown transverse lines. The hindwing ground colour is pinkish red or rarely yellow with broad dark-brown marginal and costal band.

Etymology

The generic name is derived from a combination of the words Patagonia and Phragmatobia and refers to the restricted distribution to the Chilean Andes of South America.

References

Patagobia Wikipedia