Erateina zoraida

Erateina zoraida is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Edward Doubleday in 1845. It is the type species of the genus Erateina, by original designation.

Erateina zoraida
Mounted specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Erateina
Species:
E. zoraida
Binomial name
Erateina zoraida
Doubleday, 1845

Description

This moth has elongated, caudate (tapering to a long, tail-like extension at the apex) hindwings.

Anterior and posterior wings are above of a fuscous brown, less tinged with fawn colour, especially towards the base of the wings, the colour varying with the direction of the light. The anterior wings are crossed about the middle by a flexuous white band, commencing below the subcostal nervure, and terminating slightly before the anal angle. The posterior wings are crossed by a sub- marginal band of a dull cinnabar colour, narrow, almost pointed at its commencement near the outer angle, broad at its termination on the inner margin above the anal angle; sending off two short branches to the outer margin. Outer margin is cinnabar-coloured. The under surface of the anterior wings has the base of a dull cinnabar colour, striped longitudinally with white, the cell is crossed by a slightly silvery white band, and the discocellular nervule is marked by a short band of the same colour.

— Original description, Doubleday 1845[1]

Distribution and habitat

These day-flying moths are typically montane and can be found in Neotropical cloud forests of Venezuela.[1]

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References
  1. Doubleday, Edward (1848). "Description of some Species of Geometridae from South America, forming a new Genus". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 5: 110–118. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1848.tb01708.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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