Eucyclopera minuta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Eucyclopera |
| Species: | E. minuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucyclopera minuta (Rothschild, 1912)
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The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The forewings are white, the basal half of the wing brownish sooty grey from the middle of the cell to the hind margin. There is a broad subterminal and a narrow terminal line, both are pale grey. The hindwings are greyish white.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eucyclopera minuta (Rothschild, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ Rothschild, W. (1912). "New Lithosianae". Novitates Zoologicae. 19: 212-246.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.