''Deborrea robinsoni'' is a species of
bagworm moth
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally, with some, s ...
native to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
Biology
The female has a wingspan of 22.5–23.5 mm, it is known from rainforests in southern and north-eastern
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
(
Fort-Dauphin and the
Marojejy
Marojejy National Park () is a national park in the Sava region of northeastern Madagascar. It covers and is centered on the Marojejy Massif, a mountain chain that rises to an elevation of . Access to the area around the massif was restricted ...
Massif).
Stated flight periods are December and March.
Scalercia & Malaisse, 2009, Between species and ethnospecies: edible Psychidae in Tropical Africa. Entomology faunistique 2010 (2009) 62 (1), 17–24
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See also
* List of moths of Madagascar
There are about 2,680 known moth species of Madagascar. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Madagascar. They ...
References
Psychidae
Lepidoptera of Madagascar
Moths described in 1964
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Africa
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