Carcinopyga gurkoi

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Carcinopyga gurkoi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Carcinopyga
Species:
C. gurkoi
Binomial name
Carcinopyga gurkoi
Kautt & Saldaitis, 1997

Carcinopyga gurkoi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Peter Kautt and Aidas Saldaitis in 1997. It is found in the Pamir Mountains [1] of Tajikistan. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Carcinopyga gurkoi Kautt & Saldaitis, 1997". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. Arctiidae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum