Xenomigia wilmeri

Xenomigia wilmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Xenomigia
Species: X. wilmeri
Binomial name
Xenomigia wilmeri
Miller, 2011

Xenomigia wilmeri is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in north-eastern Ecuador.[1]

The length of the forewings is 14–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is chocolate brown, the veins thinly lined with whitish orange. The basal half of the hindwings is translucent light grey-brown with an extremely wide, translucent, dark grey outer band.

The larvae have been reared on Chusquea cf. scandens.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Wilmer Simbaña, field manager for the ‘Caterpillars and Parasitoids of the eastern Andes in Ecuador’ project.

References

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