Nikaea matsumurai

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Nikaea matsumurai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nikaea
Species:
N. matsumurai
Binomial name
Nikaea matsumurai
Kishida, 1983
Synonyms
  • Nikaea longipennis matsumuraiKishida, 1983
  • Nikaea longipennis formosanaMatsumura, 1930 (preocc. Miyake, 1907)

Nikaea matsumurai is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Yasunori Kishida in 1983. It is found in Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Nikaea matsumurai Kishida, 1983". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2019.