Binna

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Binna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Binna
Walker, [1865]
Species:
B. pencillata
Binomial name
Binna pencillata
Walker, [1865]

Binna is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. It includes one species, Binna pencillata, from West Africa and Kenya.

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