Avela

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Avela
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Avela
Walker, 1856
Species:
A. diversa
Binomial name
Avela diversa
Walker, 1856

Avela is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Avela diversa, which is found in Brazil. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Avela diversa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 27, 2018.