Mevania albofasciata

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Mevania albofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Mevania
Species:M. albofasciata
Binomial name
Mevania albofasciata
Rothschild, 1912

Mevania albofasciata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Peru. [1]

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Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mevania albofasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 11, 2018.