Ammalo helops

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Ammalo helops
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ammalo
Species:
A. helops
Binomial name
Ammalo helops
(Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena helopsCramer, [1775]
  • Bombyx helopsCramer, 1775
  • Ammalo fervidusWalker, 1855
  • Halysidota megapyrrhaWalker, [1865]
  • Halysidota chrysogasterWalker, [1865]
  • Ammalo metapyrrhaRothschild, 1910
  • Ammalo impunctusGrote, [1866]

Ammalo helops is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Granada, Trinidad, Amazonas, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru and Colombia. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ammalo helops (Cramer, [1775])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2019.


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