Mpanjaka pastor is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is found in central Madagascar.[1]
Mpanjaka pastor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Mpanjaka |
Species: | M. pastor |
Binomial name | |
Mpanjaka pastor (Butler, 1882) | |
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The wings of this species are emerald green, spotted with snow white, irregularly striped with grey and crossed by three sinuated black lines. It wears a 3-shaped discocellular black spot. The body is sandy yellow flecked with white, abdomen brownish with white edged segments.
The male of this species has a wingspan of 34 mm. It was described based on a specimen from Ankafana, central Madagascar.[2]
Taxon identifiers | |
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Mpanjaka pastor | |
Dasychira pastor |
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