Eligma malgassica
| Eligma malgassica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Eligma |
| Species: | E. malgassica |
| Binomial name | |
| Eligma malgassica Rothschild, 1896 | |
Eligma malgassica is a moth in the family Nolidae. This species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1896 and is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]
Notes
The Afromoths database refers to the species as Eligma malagassica[3] as does the Global Lepidoptera Names Index of the Natural History Museum, London.[4]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eligma malgassica Rothschild, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ Rothschild, Walter; Jordan, Karl (1896). "Notes on Heterocera, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Novitates Zoologicae. 3: 57. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Eligma malagassica Rothschild, 1896". Afromoths. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eligma malgassica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2018.