Pseudophaloe isosoma

Pseudophaloe isosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Pseudophaloe
Species:	P. isosoma
Binomial name
	Pseudophaloe isosoma; (Prout, 1920)
Synonyms
	Phaloe isosoma Prout, 1920;

Pseudophaloe isosoma is a moth in the family Erebidae, found in Peru. The 5.6 cm-long female of the species was described by Prout in 1920.[1]

This moth has a black and white spotted head, and brown- or black- and white stripes along the rest of its body. The wings are also black and white, but with a red stripe on the forewing.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Pseudophaloe isosoma (Prout, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
Prout (1920). "Phaloe Isosoma". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 9 (5): 288. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Pseudophaloe isosoma (Prout, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 28, 2018.

[2] Prout (1920). "Phaloe Isosoma". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 9 (5): 288. Retrieved 2 December 2015.