Neuroxena Aberrans
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''Neuroxena aberrans'' 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 subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is about 40 mm. Both wings are black, the forewings with only an oblique subhyaline bar across the wing just beyond the cell. The hindwings are uniform black on the upperside. The underside is yellow, with the apical area broadly black, gradually narrowing down the termen until it is quite finely black at the tornus. The inner marginal fold is yellow.Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334
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Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Endemic fauna of Cameroon Nyctemerina Moths described in 1927 {{Nyctemerina-stub