Graphosia phaeocraspis

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Graphosia phaeocraspis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Graphosia
Species:
G. phaeocraspis
Binomial name
Graphosia phaeocraspis
Synonyms
  • Tigrioides lacteaRothschild, 1912
  • Tigrioides margaritaceaRothschild, 1912

Graphosia phaeocraspis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in New Guinea. [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). "Graphosia phaeocraspis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.