Eulepidotis Aglae
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''Eulepidotis aglae'' is a
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
of the family
Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
first described by
William Schaus William Schaus (January 11, 1858, in New York City – June 20, 1942) was an American Entomology, entomologist who became known for his major contribution to the knowledge and description of new species of the Neotropical realm, Neotropical Lepido ...
in 1921. It is found in the Neotropics, including
Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is about 32 mm. The head, collar, thorax, and two basal segments of the abdomen are reddish brown. The abdomen is otherwise dull brown above and grayish brown underneath. The forewings are reddish brown with three steel blue lines running from the costa to the inner margin. The hindwings have a fuscous costal margin up to vein 6, it is otherwise reddish brown except for the base.''Proceedings of the United States National Museum''
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Moths described in 1921
aglae ''Aglae'' is a genus of Euglossini, euglossine bees, with the only described species ''Aglae caerulea''. Like all orchid bees, it is restricted to the Neotropics. They are metallic blue. This species, like the genus ''Exaerete'', is a nest paras ...
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