Gargettoscrancia

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Gargettoscrancia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Scranciidae
Genus: Gargettoscrancia
Strand, 1912
Species:
G. albolineata
Binomial name
Gargettoscrancia albolineata
(Strand, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Scrancia (Gargettoscrancia) albolineataStrand, 1912

Gargettoscrancia is a monotypic moth genus in the family of Scranciidae. [1] [2] The genus was previously placed in family Notodontidae. [3] Its only species, Gargettoscrancia albolineata, is found in Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast. [4] Both the genus and species were first described by Embrik Strand in 1912.

References

  1. Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Scranciidae Miller, 1991". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum . Retrieved 15 November 2025 via ChecklistBank.
  2. "Scranciidae Miller, 1991". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  3. St Laurent, Ryan A.; Goldstein, Paul Z.; Miller, Scott E.; Robbins, Robert K. (2024). "Hiding in Plain Sight: Phylogenomics Reveals a New Branch on the Noctuoidea Tree of Life". Systematic Entomology. 49: 258–278. bioRxiv   10.1101/2023.03.10.529269 . doi: 10.1111/syen.12614 .
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Gargettoscrancia albolineata (Strand, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 29, 2019.