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Nepita is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Frederic Moore in 1860. Its only species, Nepita conferta, the footman moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Carmara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Carmara subcervina, is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Borneo and Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1864.
Panthea acronyctoides, the black zigzag or tufted spruce caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to British Columbia and adjacent northern states, south in the west to Colorado, south in the east to New England and Kentucky.
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Nygmia xanthomela is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, Borneo, Java, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
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Maurilia iconica is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of Sri Lanka, Australia to the islands of Samoa, Rarotonga and New Caledonia.
Lasiolopha saturata is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, New Guinea and Australia.
Earias cupreoviridis, called the cupreous bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in African countries like Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe to Asian countries like India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Beara dichromella is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Sri Lanka, and India.
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References
- ↑ "Species Details: Barasa acronyctoides Walker, 1862". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Barasa acronyctoides Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ "Barasa acronyctoides Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
