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| Lacanobia kirghisa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Lacanobia |
| Species: | L. kirghisa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lacanobia kirghisa Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998 [1] | |
Lacanobia kirghisa is a moth of the Noctuoidea family. It is found in Kyrgyzstan.
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