Aquita

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Aquita
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Aquita plagiochyta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Nolinae
Genus: Aquita
Walker, 1863
Synonyms [1]
  • ZiaWalker, 1863

Aquita is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae.

Species

Aquita lunisigna(Hampson, 1898) is now known as Barasa lunisigna .

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References

  1. Zia at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum