Bryantia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Lithosiini |
Genus: | Bryantia Schaus, 1922 |
Species: | B. caudata |
Binomial name | |
Bryantia caudata Schaus, 1922 | |
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