Euzeugapteryx

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Euzeugapteryx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Euzeugapteryx
Dyar, 1905
Species:
E. speciosa
Binomial name
Euzeugapteryx speciosa
Schaus, 1905

Euzeugapteryx is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Euzeugapteryx speciosa, which is found in French Guiana. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Euzeugapteryx speciosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 4, 2018.