Ghoria subpurpurea

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Ghoria subpurpurea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ghoria
Species:
G. subpurpurea
Binomial name
Ghoria subpurpurea
(Matsumura, 1927) [1]
Synonyms
  • Agylla subpurpureaMatsumura, 1927
  • Agylla collitoides subpurpurea
  • Agylla collitoides taiwanaInoue, 1982 (nec Wileman)

Ghoria subpurpurea is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Taiwan.

Taxonomy

Ghoria Subpurpurea was treated as a subspecies Ghoria collitoides for some time.

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