Apatelodes signata explained

Apatelodes signata is a moth in the family Apatelodidae.^[1] It was first described by Herbert Druce in 1904. It is found in south-eastern Peru.^[2]

The forewings are dark brown, irrorated (sprinkled) with minute greyish scales. There is a pale brown spot at the end of the cell and a dark brown curved line across the wing beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin. A submarginal greyish curved line extends from the apex to the anal angle. The hindwings are dark fawn, crossed below the middle from the apex to the inner margin by two faint brown lines.

References

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp. Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Kitching . Ian . Rougerie . Rodolphe . Zwick . Andreas . Hamilton . Chris . Laurent . Ryan St . Naumann . Stefan . Mejia . Liliana Ballesteros . Kawahara . Akito . A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) . Biodiversity Data Journal . 2 December 2018 . 6 . 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236 . 29 August 2022 . Supplementary material: checklist . en . 1314-2828. free . 10141/622329 . free .
2. https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_40896_descriptiotisofsomenewspecieso1840/descriptiotisofsomenewspecieso1840_djvu.txt Descriptions of some new Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Tropical South America