Constantiodes

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Constantiodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Constantiodes
Hampson, 1916
Species:
C. pyralina
Binomial name
Constantiodes pyralina
Hampson, 1916
Synonyms

Generic

  • PluxilloidesBerio, 1944

Specific

  • Pluxilloides hartigiBerio, 1944

Constantiodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Constantiodes pyralina, is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Somalia. [1] Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1916. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Constantiodes pyralina Hampson, 1916". Afromoths. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Constantiodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (October 10, 2019). "Constantiodes Hampson, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Constantiodes Hampson, 1916". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 9, 2020.