Mpanjaka pastor

Mpanjaka pastor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Lymantrini
Genus: Mpanjaka
Species: M. pastor
Binomial name
Mpanjaka pastor
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms

Calliteara pastor Butler, 1882

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

The wings of this species are emerald-green, spotted with snow-white, irregularly striped with grey and crossed by 3 sinuated black lines. It wears a 3-shaped discocellular black spot. The body is sandy-yellow flecked with white, abdomen brownish with white edged segments.

The male of this species has a wingspan of 34 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 15, ref.31


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