Chytonix elegans

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Chytonix elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Chytonix
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Chytonix elegans
Schaus 1911 [1]

Chytonix elegans is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae found in Costa Rica. [1] The species was described by Schaus in 1911. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 V.—New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica—IV. W Schaus F.Z.S., Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 8, Volume 7, Issue 37, 1911, pages 33-84, doi:10.1080/00222931108692905
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chytonix elegans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.