''Achaea dmoe'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by

Louis Beethoven Prout Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist. Prout specialised in the insect order of Lepidoptera, especially the Geometridae, or geometer moths, on which he was a foremost authority. His notebooks and public ...

in 1919. It is found on

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. This species has a wingspan of 56–62 mm. Head, thorax and the base of the abdomen are yellowish brown, sometimes with a rufous tinge. Abdomen otherwise strongly mixed with dark grey. The forewings are moderately broad, costa curved towards the apex, light yellow brown or red brown with strong vinaceous reflections, at least in the median area. The distal area and the costal edge are generally more yellow. It has a white spot close to the base, lines grey or blackish and interrupted. The hindwings are dusky greyish ochreous becoming almost black distally between costa and M², a small whitish apical spot, and an ill-defined light ochreous-brown band. The four

holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...

s were provided from central Madagascar from an elevation of between January and March 1911 by F. B. Pratt.Prout, L. B. (1919)
"New and insufficiently-known moths in the Joicey collection"
''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''. (9) 3 (14): 165–190. – via Internet Archive.

References

Achaea (moth) Moths described in 1919 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Erebinae-stub