Dinia eagrus

Dinia eagrus, the scarlet-tipped wasp mimic moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.

Dinia eagrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Dinia
Species:
D. eagrus
Binomial name
Dinia eagrus
(Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
  • Sphinx eagrus Cramer, [1779]
  • Glaucopis auge Walker, 1854

Description

The wingspan of Dinia eagrus can reach about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The wings are hyaline (glass like), except for the brown veins and border and a brown mark across the forewings. The body is black brown with some metallic blue stripes, hairy, flat and broad. The abdomen is black and long with bright/red margins and tip.[1][2]

Distribution

This species can be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]

References
  1. Cock, Matthew J. W. "On the Number of Moths (Lepidoptera) that Occur in Trinidad and Tobago" Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
  3. Savela, Markku. "Dinia eagrus (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.


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