Urapteritra falcifera

Urapteritra falcifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Subfamily: Uraniinae
Genus: Urapteritra
Species: U. falcifera
Binomial name
Urapteritra falcifera
(Weymer, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Strophidia falcicera Weymer, 1892

Urapteritra falcifera is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found in eastern Africa and South Africa .[1]

The length of its body is 12mm, length of its forewings 23mm. The forewings are white with 3 brownish-yellow stripes.[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ Weymer, G. W. 1892. Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53(4–5):79–125


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