Gymnelia metallica
| Gymnelia metallica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Gymnelia |
| Species: | G. metallicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnelia metallicum (Rothschild, 1911) | |
Gymnelia metallicum is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Colombia and Brazil (Amazonas).[1][2]
Note: The species name metallica may be technically correct spelling if interpret the current genus Gymnelia as feminine, however any usage derives from the original Cosmosoma metallicum Rothschild, 1911; Novit. Zool. 18 (1): 33.
References
- ^ Rothschild, Walter (1911). "New Syntomidae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 18: 24–45.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gymnelia metallica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 5, 2018.