Cisthene triplaga

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Cisthene triplaga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Cisthene
Species:
C. triplaga
Binomial name
Cisthene triplaga
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Illice triplagaHampson, 1905

Cisthene triplaga is a moth of the family Erebidae from Paraguay. It was described by George Hampson in 1905. Hampson originally placed this species in the genus Illice. Hampson named another species in the same publication, from the same locality, as Cisthene triplaga, and this second species is presently placed in the genus Brycea , as Brycea triplaga . [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Cisthene triplaga (Hampson, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2018.