Scea erasa
James S. Miller and Andrew V. Z. Brower
Introduction
A rare species, known from a single male and 14 female specimens, mostly from the slopes of the Andes in Junín and San Martín provinces of eastern Peru. Miller (2009) quotes Prout (1918) as noting that Scea erasa is a "beautiful mimic of Darna trigonata Warren [Arctiidae: Pericopini], which occurs with it at Pozuzo and Cushi." (Note that the generic name Darna Walker [1865] is an invalid junior homonym of Darna Walker, 1862 (Limacodidae); Darna trigonata Warren, 1907 is a subjective junior synonym of Crocomela conscita (Druce, 1903)).Characteristics
Very similar to Scea bryki and an undescribed species from Machu Picchu in lacking black scales on the veins in the basal orange patch of the forewing.References
Miller, JS. 2009. Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 321, 1-971 + 48 plates.
Prout, LB. 1918. A provisional arrangement of the Dioptidae. Novitates Zoologicae 25, 395-429.
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| Scientific Name | Scea erasa |
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| Location | Peru: Dept. Junín, 1 km S. Mina Pichita, 11°05' S, 75°25' W, 2100 m. |
| Reference | Miller JS. 2009. Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 321, 1-971 + 48 plates. (Plate 34) |
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Identified By | James S. Miller |
| Sex | Male |
| Life Cycle Stage | adult |
| View | dorsal |
| Collection | MUSM |
| Collector | J. J. Ramirez |
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