Disconeura dissimilis

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Disconeura dissimilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Disconeura
Species:
D. dissimilis
Binomial name
Disconeura dissimilis
(H. Druce, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Lophocampa dissimilisH. Druce, 1910

Disconeura dissimilis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Peru. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Disconeura dissimilis (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2019.