Doratopteryx Xanthomelas
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''Doratopteryx xanthomelas'' is a moth in the
Himantopteridae The Himantopteridae are a family of moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be appro ...
family. It was described by
Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ...
and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is found in Angola. The body and wings are ochreous orange, the forewing from apical third of cell to the apex and hindwing from the apical fourth of the wider proximal part of wing to the tip of the tail black. The antennae are brown. The forewings have a very small orange dot at the apex of the cell and there are four subcostal spots, the first close before the apex of the cell, the other three stalked together, the last standing near the cell.Novitates Zoologicae. v10: 484


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Endemic fauna of Angola Moths described in 1903 Himantopteridae {{Zygaenoidea-stub