Catephia scylla

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Catephia scylla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catephia
Species:
C. scylla
Binomial name
Catephia scylla
Fawcett, 1916
Synonyms
  • Aedia scylla(Fawcett, 1916)

Catephia scylla is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by James Farish Malcolm Fawcett in 1916. It is found in Kenya. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Aedia scylla (Fawcett, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 25, 2019.