Neasura rufescens

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Neasura rufescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Neasura
Species:N. rufescens
Binomial name
Neasura rufescens
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Tigrioides rufescensRothschild, 1912
  • Neasura rufescens ab. atrisuffusaStrand, 1922

Neasura rufescens is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in New Guinea. [1]

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New Guinea Island in the Pacific Ocean

New Guinea is a large island separated by a shallow sea from the rest of the Australian continent. It is the world's second-largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi), and the largest wholly or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania.

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References

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