Pseudophaloe isosoma is a moth in the family Erebidae, found in Peru. The 5.6 cm-long female of the species was described by Prout in 1920.[1]

Pseudophaloe isosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudophaloe
Species:
P. isosoma
Binomial name
Pseudophaloe isosoma
(Prout, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Phaloe isosoma Prout, 1920

This moth has a black and white spotted head, and brown- or black- and white stripes along the rest of its body. The wings are also black and white, but with a red stripe on the forewing.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Pseudophaloe isosoma (Prout, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Prout (1920). "Phaloe Isosoma". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 9 (5): 288. Retrieved 2 December 2015.