Balacra batesi

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Balacra batesi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Balacra
Species:
B. batesi
Binomial name
Balacra batesi
(H. Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Pseudapiconoma batesiH. Druce, 1910
  • Pseudapiconoma batesi congoensisRothschild, 1910
  • Pseudapiconoma flavimacula var. decoraOberthür, 1911
  • Balacra distinctaKiriakoff, 1953
  • Pseudapiconoma flavimacula ab. elegantissimaStrand, 1912
  • Pseudapiconoma batesi ugandaeRothschild, 1910

Balacra batesi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Balacra batesi Druce, 1910". Afromoths. Retrieved December 22, 2019.