Huebnerius

Huebnerius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Huebnerius

(Saalmüller, 1891)
Species:
H. dux
Binomial name
Huebnerius dux
(Saalmüller, 1881)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Phyllodes Saalmüller, 1881

Specific

  • Phyllodes dux Saalmüller, 1881
  • Phyllodes proetexatus (Mabille, 1882)

Huebnerius is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Huebnerius dux, is found in Madagascar. Both the genus and species were first described by Max Saalmüller, the genus in 1891 and the species ten years earlier in 1881.[1][2][3]

The big head of this species is similar to the Sphingidae. Their antennae are light brown and have half the length of the forewings. The abdomen is greyish black, the forewings greyish black-brown. The hindwings are black brown at their base with an edge of one-fifth of the wing in bright yellow. The underside of wings is whitish grey yellow.

It has a wingspan of 100 mm (male) to 107 mm (female).

Saalmüller described this species from a couple from the collection of the museum of Lübeck.[4]

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Huebnerius dux (Saalmüller, 1881)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (March 10, 2020). "Huebnerius Saalmüller, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Huebnerius Saalmüller, 1891". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. (1881). 42: 441–442. - via Internet Archive.