Gardinia paradoxa

Gardinia paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Gardinia
Species:	G. paradoxa
Binomial name
	Gardinia paradoxa; Hering, 1925

Last updated April 03, 2019

Gardinia paradoxa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Hering in 1925. It is found in Peru.^[1]

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References

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

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