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Noctuidae
Hadeninae

Eriopyga aenescens DOGNIN, 1916

Costa Rica
Type locality: Costa Rica, Volcan Irazu
Seitz: Forewing lilac-brown with a coppery reflection, particularly in the marginal area, with copper-brown, double, undentate transverse lines, a small round ring-macula and oblong reniform macula, pupilled-violet; also the coniform macula is present; the violet undulate line is distinct in the ff, absent in the mm. The brown hindwing is in the disc whitish with traces of a discal spot. Expanse of wings: 33 to 35 mm. Costa Rica (Volcano of Irazu), taken by Fassl, at an altitude of 2400 m.
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