Eriomastyx lacteata

Eriomastyx lacteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Eriomastyx
Species:	E. lacteata
Binomial name
	Eriomastyx lacteata; Rothschild, 1916

Last updated March 30, 2019

Eriomastyx lacteata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea.^[1]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eriomastyx lacteata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 3, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eriomastyx lacteata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 3, 2018.