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''Doryodes insularia'' is a
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 approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family Erebidae first described by
George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1904. It is found on
the Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the arc ...
. The length of the forewings is 12.5 mm. The white lines bordering the longitudinal dark stripe on the forewing are thicker than those of any other species. There is a contrasting orange-brown band below the forewing costa and another one below the white line bordering the lower margin of the black stripe. Adults are on wing in January, February and July.


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Moths described in 1904 Doryodes Moths of the Caribbean {{Euclidiini-stub