Nebulosa rawlinsi

Nebulosa rawlinsi is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is known from two cloud forest localities: Maldonado on the western slope of the Andes in northern Ecuador, near the Colombian border and La Otonga Reserve, also on the western side of the Ecuadorian Andes, located between the towns of San Francisco de Las Pampas and La Union del Toachi.

Nebulosa rawlinsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Notodontidae
Subfamily:
Dioptinae
Tribe:
Dioptini
Genus:
Nebulosa
Species:
N. rawlinsi
Binomial name
Nebulosa rawlinsi
Miller, 2008

The length of the forewings is 11-12.5 mm for males. The ground color of the forewings is uniformly cream to mustard yellow with no contrasting markings. The hindwings are light, creamy yellow in the basal third and rich cream to mustard yellow beyond.

Etymology

The species is named after John E. Rawlins, curator of Lepidoptera at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh.

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References
  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


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