Thoscora rubrivena is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912.[1] It is found in Brazil.
Thoscora rubrivena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Megalopygidae |
Genus: | Thoscora |
Species: | T. rubrivena
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Binomial name | |
Thoscora rubrivena (E. D. Jones, 1912)
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The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are light brown and thinly scaled. The costa and veins, with the exception of the subcostal nervure and submedian veins, are red. The hindwings are rose pink.[2]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thoscora rubrivena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.