Lophotavia pulcherrima

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Lophotavia pulcherrima
Pl.37-fig.07-Lophotavia pulcherrima (Holland, 1894) (syn.Speiredonia prunicolora).JPG
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lophotavia
Species:
L. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Lophotavia pulcherrima
(Holland, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Homoptera pulcherrimaHolland, 1894
  • Speiredonia prunicoloraHampson, 1910
  • Lophotavia prunicolora(Hampson, 1910)

Lophotavia pulcherrima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1894. [1]

Distribution

It is found in Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Zambia. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophotavia pulcherrima". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lophotavia pulcherrima (Holland, 1894)". Afromoths. Retrieved May 22, 2020.