Neuroxena aberrans

Neuroxena aberrans is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Cameroon.[1]

Neuroxena aberrans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Neuroxena
Species:
N. aberrans
Binomial name
Neuroxena aberrans

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are black, the forewings with only an oblique subhyaline bar across the wing just beyond the cell. The hindwings are uniform black on the upperside. The underside is yellow, with the apical area broadly black, gradually narrowing down the termen until it is quite finely black at the tornus. The inner marginal fold is yellow.[2]

References
  1. Afro Moths
  2. Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334


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