Spirama glaucescens
Appearance
Spirama glaucescens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Spirama |
Species: | S. glaucescens
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Binomial name | |
Spirama glaucescens | |
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Spirama glaucescens is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (East Kasai, Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3]
Like other species of genus Spirama, S. glaucescens has a pattern on the wings when the moth is resting that looks like the face of a snake with slightly opened mouth.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Spirama glaucescens (Butler 1893)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
- ^ Speiredonia glaucescens - BoLD
- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ African moths