Borocera attenuata

Borocera attenuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Borocera
Species:	B. attenuata
Binomial name
	Borocera attenuata; (Kenrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Gonometa attenuata (Kenrick, 1914);

Borocera attenuata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914.[1]

The males have a wingspan of 46 mm. Their head, palpi and the underside of the thorax are dull orange; antennaes, legs, thorax above and abdomen have a dark chestnut colour. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings smoky brown.[2]

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Borocera attenuata (Kenrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
Kenrick (1914). "New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1913(4):p.591, plate 31, fig.13

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Borocera attenuata (Kenrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 19, 2018.

[2] Kenrick (1914). "New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1913(4):p.591, plate 31, fig.13