Anticoreura
Anticoreura is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae described by Prout in 1918. Its one species, Anticoreura salmoni, first described by Herbert Druce in 1885, is found in Colombia.[1]
| Anticoreura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Anticoreura Prout, 1918 |
| Species: | A. salmoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Anticoreura salmoni (H. Druce, 1885) | |
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Adults have dull, brownish-black forewings with a salmon-colored transverse band. The hindwings are iridescent blue with a dark gray fringe.
References
- Savela, Markku (November 9, 2012). "Anticoreura salmoni (Druce, 1885)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.
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