Scotura occidentalis

Scotura occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Scotura
Species: S. occidentalis
Binomial name
Scotura occidentalis
Miller, 2008

Scotura occidentalis is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in southern Ecuador.

The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm for males and 14 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is gray-brown to slate gray to gray-brown, slightly lighter at the base. The ground color of the hindwings is slate gray to dark gray, with a blue iridescence.

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