Obscurior

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Obscurior
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Tactusina
Genus: Obscurior
Fibiger, 2011
Synonyms
  • ObscuraFibiger, 2010 (preocc. Wagner, 1897)

Obscurior is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Michael Fibiger in 2010.

Species

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