Duplex weintraubi

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Duplex weintraubi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Duplex
Species:
D. weintraubi
Binomial name
Duplex weintraubi
Fibiger, 2010

Duplex weintraubi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from eastern Timor.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewing is grey in the basal, subterminal and terminal areas, including the fringes. The medial area is dark brown. All crosslines are present and beige, jagged or waved. The terminal line is marked by dense black interneural spots. The hindwing is light grey, without a discal spot and the underside of the forewing is dark grey, while the underside of the hindwing is grey, with an indistinct discal spot.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.