Spirama glaucescens
| Spirama glaucescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Hypopyrini |
| Genus: | Spirama |
| Species: | S. glaucescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirama glaucescens (Butler, 1893)[1] | |
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Spirama glaucescens is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (East Kasai, Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3]
Like other species of genus Spirama, S. glaucescens has a pattern on the wings when the moth is resting that looks like the face of a snake with slightly opened mouth.[4]
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