''Azeta reuteri'' is a

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

Max Saalmüller Max Saalmüller (26 November 1832 in Römhild, Germany – 12 October 1890 in Bockenheim) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel and German entomologist. List of works * Illustrations for ''Der Heerwurm'' of Ludwig Bechstein Ludwig Bechstei ...

in 1881. It is known from

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 moth is a metallic violet grey-brown. The forewings are more brownish, while the hindwings and abdomen are more greyish. It has a wingspan of about 33 mm. Saalmüller named this species after Carl Reuter who collected the specimen for the natural history museum of his hometown, Lübeck, Germany, while he was in

Nosy Be Nosy Be (formerly Nossi-bé and Nosse Be) is an island off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Nosy Be is Madagascar's largest and busiest tourist resort. It has an area of , and its population was 109,465 according to the provisional results of t ...

, Madagascar.Archive.org: ''Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung'' Vol.42 (1881) pages:437-439
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References

Moths described in 1881 Noctuidae Moths of Madagascar {{Noctuidae-stub