Diadesmola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Lithosiini |
Genus: | Diadesmola Hulstaert, 1924 |
Species: | D. bicolor |
Binomial name | |
Diadesmola bicolor Hulstaert, 1924 | |
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