Erbessa maera

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Erbessa maera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Erbessa
Species:
E. maera
Binomial name
Erbessa maera
(Schaus, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Lyces maeraSchaus, 1892

Erbessa maera is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Brazil.

It is a close mimic of Lyces angulosa .

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