Repnoa

Repnoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Repnoa
Dyar, 1910[1]
Species:
R. imparilis
Binomial name
Repnoa imparilis
(Schaus, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Praenorape Hopp, 1927
  • Carama imparilis Schaus, 1905[2]

Repnoa is a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae. It contains only one species, Repnoa imparilis, which is found in French Guiana.[3]

The wingspan is about 24 millimetres (0.94 in). The antennae are ochreous and the palpi and frons blackisli brown. There are white hairs at the base of the antennae. The vertex is pale yellow and the collar and thorax are dark grey. The patagia is white and the abdomen is brown, black above, whitish underneath. There is a subdorsal patch at the base, and pale yellow anal hairs. The forewings are grey, with the costa, veins and fringe white and with a faint whitish shade from the cell at vein 2 to the inner margin. The hindwings are darker grey, with the fringe white and with a whitish spot at the end of the cell.[4]

Subspecies

  • Repnoa imparilis imparilis
  • Repnoa imparilis alba Hopp, 1927

References

  1. ^ Dyar, Harrison G. (1910). "Notes on Megalopygidæ [Lepidoptera; Megalopygidæ]". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 12 (4): 167–168.
  2. ^ Schaus, William (1905). "Description of New South American Moths". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 29 (1420): 334. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.1420.179.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Repnoa imparilis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  4. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Schaus (1905).

Further reading

  • Dognin, Paul (1922). "Repnoa amazonica sp. nov.". Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud. Vol. 20. Rennes: Imprimerie Oberthur. p. 29.