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Proxhyle cinerascens

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Species of moth

Proxhyle cinerascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Proxhyle
Species: P. cinerascens
Binomial name
Proxhyle cinerascens
Toulgoët, 1959

Proxhyle cinerascens is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1959.

It is found in Andasibe, Madagascar. This species has a wingspan of 14–15 mm, strongly bipectinated antennae in the male. The forewings are greyish with blackish spots, hindwings yellowish orange, bordered broadly with brown.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Proxhyle cinerascens Toulgoët, 1959". Afromoths. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. Toulgoët, H. de (1959). "Description d'Arctiidas nouvelles de Madagascar (10e note) (Lep.)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 128: 139.
Taxon identifiers
Proxhyle cinerascens


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