Abrostola violacea

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Abrostola violacea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Abrostola
Species:
A. violacea
Binomial name
Abrostola violacea
Dufay, 1958

Abrostola violacea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa. The type location is the Ngorongoro Crater (Tanganyka, Arusha). [1]

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References

  1. Dufay, C. (1958). "Descriptions de nouvelles Abrostola africaines (Lep. Noctuidae)". Bull. Inst. Fr. Afrique Noire. 20: 199–216.