Dinia eagrus

Dinia eagrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Dinia
Species:	D. eagrus
Binomial name
	Dinia eagrus; (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
	Sphinx eagrus Cramer, [1779]; Glaucopis auge Walker, 1854;

Dinia eagrus, the scarlet-tipped wasp mimic moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.

Description[edit]

The wingspan of Dinia eagrus can reach about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The wings are hyaline (glass like), except for the brown veins and border and a brown mark across the forewings. The body is black brown with some metallic blue stripes, hairy, flat and broad. The abdomen is black and long with bright/red margins and tip.^[1]^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This species can be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Cock, Matthew J. W. "On the Number of Moths (Lepidoptera) that Occur in Trinidad and Tobago" Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
^ Savela, Markku. "Dinia eagrus (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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[fb-1] Cock, Matthew J. W. "On the Number of Moths (Lepidoptera) that Occur in Trinidad and Tobago" Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine

[fa-2] Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum

[3] Savela, Markku. "Dinia eagrus (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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