Labordea prasina

Labordea prasina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Lymantrini
Genus: Labordea
Species: L. prasina
Binomial name
Labordea prasina
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Calliteara prasina Butler, 1882
  • Dasychira malgassica Hering, 1926
  • Lymantria nigrostriata Kenrick, 1914

Labordea prasina is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in Central Madagascar.[1]

The wings of this species are pale green, the costal area bluer-green, divided by oblique snow-white dashes.

The male of this species has a wingspan of 30 mm. It was described by a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ archive.org: Butler, 1882, Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. - Cistula Entomologica 3(26), v. 3 1882-85, page 16, ref.32


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