Beana opala

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Beana opala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Beana
Species:
B. opala
Binomial name
Beana opala
(Pagenstecher, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Polydesma opalaPagenstecher, 1900

Beana opala is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Pagenstecher in 1900. It is found on the Bismarck Archipelago [1] and Papua New Guinea. [2]

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References

  1. Pagenstecher, Arnold (1899). Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-archipels. Zoologica Hft. 27-29.1-267. 2 pl. (in German)
  2. de Vos, Rob "The Beaninae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved August 8, 2020.