Feschaeria

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Feschaeria
Feschaeria meditrina.jpg
Feschaeria meditrina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Feschaeria
Oiticica, 1955
Synonyms
  • SchaefferiaHoulbert, 1918 (preocc. not Absoalon, 1900)

Feschaeria is a genus of moths within the Castniidae family. [1]

Selected species

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References

  1. González, Jorge M.; Cock, Matthew J. W. (2004-12-31). "Feschaeria amycus subsp. amycus Cramer 1779". doi:10.5281/zenodo.6271428.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)