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Genus: | Diaxanthia Hampson, 1898 |
Species: | D. lucinia |
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Diaxanthia lucinia (H. Druce, 1884) | |
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Diaxanthia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by George Hampson in 1898. Its single species, Diaxanthia lucinia, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Costa Rica. [1]
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet was an English entomologist.
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