Micraloa

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Micraloa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Micraloa
Dubatolov, 2004
Type species
Bombyx lineola
Fabricius, 1793

Micraloa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from Hindustan, Himalayas, Sri Lanka and Myanmar (Burma).

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