''Borocera attenuata'' is a species of
Lasiocampidae moth native to
Madagascar. It was first described by
George Hamilton Kenrick in 1914.
The males have a wingspan of 46 mm. Their head, palpi and the underside of the thorax are dull orange; antennaes, legs, thorax above and abdomen have a dark chestnut colour. The forewings are dark brown and the hindwings smoky brown.
[Kenrick (1914). "New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar". ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1913(4):p.591, plate 31, fig.13]
References
Lasiocampidae
Lepidoptera of Madagascar
Moths described in 1914
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Africa
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