Apatelodes firmiana

Apatelodes firmiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bombycidae
Genus:	Apatelodes
Species:	A. firmiana
Binomial name
	Apatelodes firmiana; (Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
	Phalaena firmiana Stoll, [1782];

Apatelodes firmiana is a moth in the family Bombycidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found from Mexico to Guyana and Suriname.[1]

The wings are brown, shading into darker at the outer margin except the apex and the outer half of the inner margin. There is a subbasal brown patch and an apical minute triangle well below the costa.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Apatelodes firmiana (Stoll, [1782])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Apatelodes firmiana (Stoll, [1782])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[2] Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College