Chrysocale gigas

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Chrysocale gigas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chrysocale
Species:
C. gigas
Binomial name
Chrysocale gigas
Rothschild, 1911

Chrysocale gigas is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysocale gigas". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.