Fire grid burnet
Species of moth
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The fire grid burnet (Arniocera erythropyga) is a day-flying moth of the family Thyrididae[citation needed] found in Zimbabwe and Malawi to Mozambique and South Africa.
| Fire grid burnet | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Thyrididae |
| Genus: | Arniocera |
| Species: | A. erythropyga |
| Binomial name | |
| Arniocera erythropyga Wallengren, 1860 | |
This moth looks different from other burnets, mainly because of its colours. The common name of this moth refers to its fore wing pattern of black-edged, red bands on a metallic blue-green ground colour. The hind wing is pinkish red with a broad, marginal band of black. Males have hairs covering their head.
References
- David Carter. Eyewitness Handbooks on Butterflies and Moths 1995.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Arniocera erythropyga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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