Eucalantica icarusella

Eucalantica icarusella
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Eucalantica
Species: E. icarusella
Binomial name
Eucalantica icarusella
Sohn & Nishida, 2011

Eucalantica icarusella is a moth in the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Costa Rica (high elevations of Cartago, Heredia and San José provinces).[1]

The length of the forewings is 5.3-7.9 mm.

Etymology

The species is named after the Greek mythological character Icarus and refers to the white forewing with scarlet dorsal suffusion resembling Icarus' waxy wings burnt by sunlight.

References

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