Achaea leucopera

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Achaea leucopera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Achaea
Species:
A. leucopera
Binomial name
Achaea leucopera
H. Druce, 1912
Synonyms
  • Acanthodelta leucopera(H. Druce, 1912)

Achaea leucopera is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1912. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Achaea leucopera Druce, 1912". Afromoths. Retrieved December 15, 2019.