Dudgeonea leucosticta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Dudgeoneidae |
Genus: | Dudgeonea |
Species: | D. leucosticta |
Binomial name | |
Dudgeonea leucosticta Hampson, 1900 | |
Dudgeonea leucosticta is a moth in the Dudgeoneidae family. [1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. [2] Two subspecies are recognized. Nominate subspecies from Asia and D. l. sierraleonensis from Sierra Leone. [3]
In 1996, the species was found from Borneo. A male was collected from hill dipterocarp forest in Kinabalu National Park. [4]
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Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Nudaria is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.
Ugia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Asplenia melanodonta is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Asplenia of the family Noctuidae. The species is found in Africa. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1916 and the species in 1896.
Egnasia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Elyptron is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Saalmüller in 1881.
Hypenagonia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.
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Scopula opicata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in tropical Africa, including Malawi and Zambia, as well as in Sri Lanka, India, China (Hainan), Myanmar, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Timor and New Guinea.
Thumatha fuscescens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Australia, South-East Asia, India, Sri Lanka, the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar, and Gabon.
Cyana nyasica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Malawi and South Africa. There are two subspecies:
Racotis boarmiaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bhutan and Malaysia.
Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862.
Microblepsis leucosticta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1895. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, southern China and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Acidaliastis micra is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka. African countries of Chad, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Sudan, Somalia towards Middle East countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman.
Conolophia nigripuncta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in Sri Lanka, the Indian subregion, Myanmar, Indochina and Borneo.
Dysaethria scopocera is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Malaysia and Borneo.