Horama diffissa

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Horama diffissa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Horama
Species:
H. diffissa
Binomial name
Horama diffissa
Grote, 1866
Synonyms
  • Horamia pretellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1866

Horama diffissa is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found in Cuba[1] and Haiti.

The wingspan is about 33 mm for males and 38–44 mm for females. The forewings are tawny, with an ochreous-yellow spot at the humeral angle. The hindwings are ochreous yellow with a tawny band across the apex and termen.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
  2. ^ A Review of the Genus Horama and Reestablishment of the Genus Poliopastea (Lepidoptera: Ctenuchidae)