Xenomigia pinasi is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found along the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.
Xenomigia pinasi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Xenomigia |
Species: | X. pinasi
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Binomial name | |
Xenomigia pinasi Miller, 2008
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The length of the forewings is 19-19.5 mm for males and 21.5 mm for females.
Etymology
editThe species is named in honor of Francisco Pinas, a collector of Ecuadorian moths.
References
edit- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.