Pseudarctia
| Pseudarctia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymantriinae |
| Tribe: | Incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Pseudarctia Bethune-Baker, 1911 |
| Species: | P. nivea
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudarctia nivea Bethune-Baker, 1911
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Pseudarctia nivea is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The genus Pseudarctia includes only this species, which was previously classified in the Arctiinae (subfamily of tiger and lichen moths) but later reclassified as a tussock moth (subfamily Lymantriinae). The species was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1899 and is found in Uganda.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ "Spilosoma nivea Bethune-Baker, 1911" at Afromoths
External links[edit]
Data related to Pseudarctia at Wikispecies
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