''Eilema aistleitneri'' is a species of
arctiid moth found in
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
.
They have a wingspan of and are greyish and pale brown.
The species was first discovered on
Monte Grande
Monte Grande is a city which forms part of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of Esteban EcheverrÃa Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
It was founded in 1824 as an agricultural colony. The ...
at an elevation of on the island of
Sal, Cape Verde
Sal (Portuguese for "salt") is an island in Cape Verde. Sal is a tourist destination with white sandy beaches and over 350 days of sunshine a year. It is one of the three sandy eastern islands of the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic ...
.
It is named after its discoverer, Eyjolf Aistleitner.
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Moths described in 2013
Moths of Cape Verde
aistleitneri
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