Mallocampa jaensis

Mallocampa jaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Mallocampa
Species: M. jaensis
Binomial name
Mallocampa jaensis
Bethune-Baker, 1927

Mallocampa jaensis is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by Bethune-Baker in 1927.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]

The wingspan is about 86 mm for females and 50 mm for males. The forewings are greyish olive brown, with the base dark for a restricted area, followed by a paler stripe and then by a double irregular angled line. The cell and a small median area are dark brownish grey and there is a white spot at the end of the cell, as well as a postmedian double, irregular, subcrenulate line defining the dark median area. The apex and termen are darkish. The hindwings are uniform sooty brown.[3]

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