Phaeosphecia
| Phaeosphecia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Hampson, 1898 |
| Species: | P. opaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaeosphecia opaca (Walker, 1856) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phaeosphecia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by George Hampson in 1856. Its single species, Phaeosphecia opaca, described by Francis Walker in 1856, is found in Pará, Brazil.[1][2]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku (September 14, 2015). "Phaeosphecia Hampson, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phaeosphecia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.