Mormecia

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Mormecia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Mormecia
Tams, 1935
Species:
M. lachnogyia
Binomial name
Mormecia lachnogyia
Tams, 1935

Mormecia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Mormecia lachnogyia, is known from Samoa. Both the genus and species were first described by Tams in 1935. [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (February 17, 2012). "Mormecia Tams, 1935". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mormecia Tams, 1935". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Mormecia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved February 8, 2020.


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