# Patagobia

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***Patagobia*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) [moth](/source/Moth) genus in the subfamily [Arctiinae](/source/Arctiinae_(moth)) erected by B. Christian Schmidt and Josef J. de Freina in 2011. Its only species, ***Patagobia thursbyi***, was [first described](/source/Species_description) by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in [Chile](/source/Chile) and [Argentina](/source/Argentina) where it is known from temperate montane woodlands and grasslands in [Patagonia](/source/Patagonia).

The forewing length is 12.9–13.2 mm and the ground colour is pale ochre yellow but with broad, sometimes entirely confluent dark-brown transverse bands. The pattern elements consist of a dark basal area and sinuous, diffuse dark-brown transverse lines. The hindwing ground colour is pinkish red or rarely yellow with broad dark-brown marginal and costal band.

## Etymology

The generic name is derived from a combination of the words [Patagonia](/source/Patagonia) and *[Phragmatobia](/source/Phragmatobia)* and refers to the restricted distribution to the Chilean Andes of South America.

## References

1. [Generic placement of the Neotropical species of "Phragmatobia" (Erebidae, Arctiinae), with a remarkable matrivorous species from the Peruvian Andes](https://www.pensoft.net/inc/journals/download.php?fileId=3362&fileTable=J_GALLEYS)

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