Crameria amabilis explained

Crameria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its only species, Crameria amabilis, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.[1] [2]

Description

Upperside: head brown. Antennae filiform. Thorax and abdomen yellow brown. Superior wings fine darkish red, with several yellow spots thereon of different shapes, each encircled with black; the posterior and external edges having yellow margins. Posterior wings deep yellow, inclining to orange, with a black oval spot near the middle of each. Along the external edges is a black margin, reaching from the upper to the abdominal corners; the upper edge being scalloped.

Underside: legs, sides, thorax, and abdomen pale orange. Anterior wings entirely pale orange and dusky black, without any mixture of red, etc. Posterior wings as on the upperside; the colours being less distinct. Margins of the wings entire.

Wingspan inches (38 mm).[3]

Distribution

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . September 22, 2019 . Crameria Hübner, [1819] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . November 20, 2020.
  2. Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Crameria Hübner, 1819 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . 10.5519/s93616qw . November 20, 2020.
  3. Book: Drury . Dru . 1837 . Westwood . John . Illustrations of Exotic Entomology . 2. p. 26-27. pl. XIII..
  4. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2019 . Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773) . Afromoths . November 20, 2020.