Agylla gigas

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Agylla gigas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Agylla
Species:
A. gigas
Binomial name
Agylla gigas
(Heylaerts, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Chrysorabdia gigasHeylaerts, 1891

Agylla gigas is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Franciscus J. M. Heylaerts in 1891. It is found on Java. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Agylla gigas (Heylaerts, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 17, 2019.