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Palaeomolis metacauta Dognin
Palaeomolis metacauta Dognin, 1910, p. 11.
Forewing 18.5 mm. Front of head dark brown, vertex light brown. Thorax brown. Forewing yellow-brown basally and distal to postmedial fascia, costa brownish orange, otherwise brown; markings very dark brown. Hindwing orange, with yellowish brown cell-spot and fringe. Abdomen orange.
Described from several males from localities in Colombia. A male from Alto de las Cruces and three males from San Antonio, all labeled “co-type,” are paralectotypes.
Lectotype ♂: “Type No. 30373 U.S.N.M.; Colombie, Fassel; Dognin Collection; Villa Elvira, 1800>9 7th08, près Cali, Colombie; 9/9.08 Villa Elvira 1800 (57); Palaeomolis metacauta Dogn type ♂; not in B.M., Hmpsn., 1/10; Lectotype ♂ Palaeomolis metacauta Dognin By A. Watson 1967; Arctiidae genitalia slide No. AW476.”
- bibliographic citation
- Watson, Allan. 1973. "An illustrated catalog of the Neotropic Arctiinae types in the United States National Museum (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Part 2." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.50.1
Palaeomolis metacauta: Brief Summary
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Palaeomolis metacauta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1910. It is found in Colombia.
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