Elixoia

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Elixoia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Elixoia
Walker, 1865
Species:
E. subocellata
Binomial name
Elixoia subocellata
Walker, 1865

Elixoia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Elixoia subocellata, is found in Brazil. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1865. [1] [2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elixoia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Elixoia Walker, 1865". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved June 9, 2020.