Mimagyrta abdominalis

Mimagyrta abdominalis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in French Guiana, Suriname and Venezuela.

Mimagyrta abdominalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Mimagyrta
Species:
M. abdominalis
Binomial name
Mimagyrta abdominalis
(Rothschild, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agyrta abdominalis Rothschild, 1912

The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm. The forewings are black with a broad glittering blue band two-fifths along the wing, a hyaline patch in the cell and a larger one below the median vein. There is a hyaline oblique postdiscal band reaching from the subcosta almost to the termen. The hindwings are black with a central hyaline band. The abdominal area is glittering blue.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mimagyrta abdominalis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. Novitates Zoologicae Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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