Phanoptis fatidica

Phanoptis fatidica is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Venezuela west to Colombia, then south along the eastern slope of the Andes to central Peru.

Phanoptis fatidica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Phanoptis
Species:
P. fatidica
Binomial name
Phanoptis fatidica
(Dognin, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Phelloe fatidica Dognin, 1910

Adults have uniformly iridescent blue-black forewings and hindwings with a single white transverse forewing band.

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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