Nossa palaearctica

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Nossa palaearctica
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Female from Russia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epicopeiidae
Genus: Nossa
Species:
N. palaearctica
Binomial name
Nossa palaearctica
(Staudinger, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Chalcosia palaearcticaStaudinger, 1887

Nossa palaearctica is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Staudinger in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East [1] [ failed verification ] and China. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Nossa nelcinna. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Nossa Kirby, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nossa nelcinna". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 27, 2018.