Modunga

Modunga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Hypeninae
Genus:	Modunga Walker, 1863
Species:	M. palpigera
Binomial name
Modunga palpigera Walker, 1863

Modunga is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Modunga palpigera, is known from Borneo. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1863. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Savela, Markku (5 March 2012). "Modunga Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Modunga​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 16 November 2012.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Modunga Walker, 1863". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved 6 March 2020.

External links

• Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p.  84 . Retrieved 16 November 2012.