Nishada brunneipennis

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Nishada brunneipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nishada
Species:
N. brunneipennis
Binomial name
Nishada brunneipennis
Hampson, 1911

Nishada brunneipennis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson (British entomologist) in 1911. It is found on the Moluccas. [1]

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References

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