Argyarctia sericeipennis

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Argyarctia sericeipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Argyarctia
Species:
A. sericeipennis
Binomial name
Argyarctia sericeipennis
(Rothschild, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma sericeipennisRothschild, 1933
  • Argyarctia flavaFang, 1994

Argyarctia sericeipennis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1933. It is found in China (Yunnan).

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