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Pseudoamuria uptoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Zygaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pseudoamuria

Pseudoamuria uptoni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Cape York, Queensland, Australia.

The length of the forewings is 6.5 mm for males and 7 mm for females. The wings are short. The upperside of the forewings is dark greenish grey with a purple sheen and the underside is whitish grey, but darker towards the apex. The hindwings are opaque, dark greenish grey, with a distinct, densely scaled, white streak behind cell running from the base to the centre of the wing. The underside is similar but whitish grey proximally and darker distally.

References

Pseudoamuria uptoni Wikipedia