Drymoea beata

Drymoea beata
	On display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Drymoea
Species:	D. beata
Binomial name
	Drymoea beata; (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
	Sangala beata Godman & Salvin, 1885; Melanoptilon suavaria Snellen, 1874; Sangala suavaria; Nelo suavaria; Letocles decia Boisduval, 1870;

Drymoea beata is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Description

Wings of Drymoea beata can reach a length of about 33–38 millimetres (1.3–1.5 in). Upperside of the wings is deep black, with deep bright blue-green disks.^[3]

Distribution

This species can be found in Mexico, Honduras and Colombia.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sangala beata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Savela, Markku. "Drymoea beata (Walker, 1856)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
^ Collections of the British Museum

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[fa-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sangala beata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

[fb-2] Savela, Markku. "Drymoea beata (Walker, 1856)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 11, 2019.

[3] Collections of the British Museum

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