Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Notodontidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Xenomigia | |
Xenomigia wilmeri is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.
The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is chocolate brown, the veins thinly lined with whitish orange. The basal half of the hindwings is translucent light grey-brown with an extremely wide, translucent, dark grey outer band.
The larvae have been reared on Chusquea cf. scandens.
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Wilmer Simbaña, field manager for the ‘Caterpillars and Parasitoids of the eastern Andes in Ecuador’ project.
References
Xenomigia wilmeri Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA