Dactyloceras widenmannii

Dactyloceras widenmannii Tanzania, courtesy of Norbert Cordeiro.

Dactyloceras widenmannii differs from lucina with much wider forewings, a rounded forewing apex and a straight outer margin.

In lucina from west central Africa, the forewings are narrow, falcate, with produced forewing apex and a very concave outer margin.

Dactyloceras widenmannii flies in mountainous regions of Tanzania, in the Amani, East Usambara Mountains, at elevation of 900 m, during October.

Dactyloceras widenmanni from Tanzania.

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