Doryodes insularia explained

Doryodes insularia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1904.^[1] It is found on the Bahamas.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 12.5 mm. The white lines bordering the longitudinal dark stripe on the forewing are thicker than those of any other species. There is a contrasting orange-brown band below the forewing costa and another one below the white line bordering the lower margin of the black stripe. Adults are on wing in January, February and July.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yu . Dicky Sick Ki . Doryodes insularia Hampson 1904 . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324215614/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86001107 . March 24, 2016.
2. http://www.nkis.info/nkis/extaustaxonshow.cgi?uid=guest&tax=149410&lang=g "Doryodes insularia Hampson, 1904"
3. J. Donald . Lafontaine . J. Bolling . Sullivan . amp . October 15, 2015 . A revision of the genus Doryodes Guenée, 1857, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Catocalinae, Euclidiini) . ZooKeys . 527 . 3–30 . 10.3897/zookeys.527.6087. 26692785 . 4668885 . free . 2015ZooK..527....3L .