Apatelodes firmiana

Apatelodes firmiana is a moth in the family Apatelodidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found from Mexico to Guyana[1]

Apatelodes firmiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species:
A. firmiana
Binomial name
Apatelodes firmiana
(Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena firmiana Stoll, [1782]

The wings are brown, shading into darker at the outer margin except the apex and the outer half of the inner margin. There is a subbasal brown patch and an apical minute triangle well below the costa.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Apatelodes firmiana (Stoll, [1782])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College


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