Diplodira

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Diplodira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Diplodira
Schaus, 1916
Species:
D. jamaicalis
Binomial name
Diplodira jamaicalis
Schaus, 1916

Diplodira is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Diplodira jamaicalis, is endemic to Jamaica. [1] Both the genus and the species were first described by William Schaus in 1916. [2] [3]

References

  1. Barnes, Matthew J. C. (May 24, 2002). "Diplodira jamaicalis". Moths of Jamaica. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Diplodira". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Diplodira Schaus, 1916". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved February 11, 2020.