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Nyctaegeria

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Nyctaegeria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Nyctaegeria
Le Cerf, 1914
Species:
N. nobilis
Binomial name
Nyctaegeria nobilis
(H. Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Aegeria nobilis H. Druce, 1910
  • Euhagena nobilis
  • Nyctaegeria rohani Le Cerf 1914

Nyctaegeria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sesiidae erected by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1914.[1] Its only species, Nyctaegeria nobilis, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1910.[2] It exists in Angola and Tanzania.

References

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  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Nyctaegeria nobilis (Druce, 1910)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 4, 2020.