Euchontha castrona

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Euchontha castrona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Euchontha
Species:
E. castrona
Binomial name
Euchontha castrona
Warren, 1906

"Euchontha" castrona is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Warren in 1906. It is found in Brazil.

Taxonomy

The species does not belong in Euchontha , but has not been placed in another genus yet.

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