Scotura niveilimba

Scotura niveilimba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Scotura
Species: S. niveilimba
Binomial name
Scotura niveilimba
Miller, 2008
Synonyms
  • Scotura venata Butler, 1878

Scotura niveilimba is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Brazil and Peru.

Etymology

The name comes from a combination of the Latin adjective niveus (meaning snowy) and limbus (meaning border or hem) and refers to the white hindwing margin, a trait that distinguishes niveilimba from Scotura nervosa and it relatives.

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