Dasysphinx tarsipuncta

Dasysphinx tarsipuncta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Dasysphinx
Species:	D. tarsipuncta
Binomial name
	Dasysphinx tarsipuncta; Schaus, 1905
Synonyms
	Gymnelia tarsipuncta;

Dasysphinx tarsipuncta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. It is found in Brazil.[1]

The forewings are hyaline (glass like). The basal area is black to near the middle. The veins are black. The hindwings are black with a large elliptical hyaline patch.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dasysphinx tarsipuncta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dasysphinx tarsipuncta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

[2] Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum