Saurita cretheis

Saurita cretheis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1883.[1] It is found in Ecuador.

Saurita cretheis
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S. cretheis
Binomial name
Saurita cretheis
(H. Druce, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Dycladia cretheis H. Druce, 1883

Adults are black brown. The forewings have two slight hyaline (glass-like) streaks in the end of the cell and a narrow wedge-shaped streak below the cell and a series of patches between the bases of veins 2 to 7. The hindwings have a hyaline streak in and beyond the lower end of the cell and a short streak beyond the upper angle.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Saurita cretheis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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