| Blenina senex | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Blenina |
| Species: | B. senex |
| Binomial name | |
| Blenina senex (Butler, 1878) | |
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Blenina senex is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in Taiwan, [1] Korea [2] and Japan. [3]
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