Macrocneme lades

Macrocneme lades
Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Macrocneme
Species:	M. lades
Binomial name
Macrocneme lades (Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
Sphinx lades Cramer, [1775] Macrocneme lades cabimensis Dyar, 1914

Macrocneme lades is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775.

Description

Macrocneme lades has a wingspan of about 43 millimetres (1.7 in). The wings have a shining greenish steel color.[1]

Distribution

This species cab be found in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Para) and Peru.[2]

References

1. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London
2. Savela, Markku. "Macrocneme Hübner, 1818". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Macrocneme lades​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.