Anecphora torrida
Author 2
Walker, 1851
Description 2
Body red, tawny beneath: crown of the head surrounded by a ridge, which is highest in front, and is imperfectly divided into two compartments, the middle ridge not extending to the fore border: front with six longitudinal ridges, between which are many little furrows: a longitudinal ridge on the epistoma: month tawny with a black tip extending far beyond the hind-hips: shield of the chest transversely rugulose, deeply ridged in front and along the middle, on each side of which it is concave and has a large yellow spot: scutcheon much sculptured, blackish with two yellow spots in front: abdomen obconical, longer than the chest, yellow on each side and beneath: legs red, furrowed; feet black; hind-shanks armed with spines: fore-wings yellowish-brown, red towards the base; a tawny interval between the red and the brown part; reticulated part occupying more than half the length of the wing: hind-wings lurid, bright red towards the base. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 22 lines.
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