''Olceclostera ibar'' 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 ...
in the
Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.
Distribution
Species are e ...
family.
It is found in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
The
wingspan
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is about 29 mm. The forewings are light drab, suffused with light greyish olive. The hindwings are light cinnamon drab.
New species of Heterocera (Lepidoptera) from Central and South America
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References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Moths described in 1927
Apatelodidae
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