Saurita cretheis
Saurita cretheis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1883.[1] It is found in Ecuador.
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Adults are black brown. The forewings have two slight hyaline (glass-like) streaks in the end of the cell and a narrow wedge-shaped streak below the cell and a series of patches between the bases of veins 2 to 7. The hindwings have a hyaline streak in and beyond the lower end of the cell and a short streak beyond the upper angle.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Saurita cretheis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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