Oeonistis delia

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Oeonistis delia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Oeonistis
Species:
O. delia
Binomial name
Oeonistis delia
(Fabricius, 1787) [1]
Synonyms
  • Noctua deliaFabricius, 1787
  • Tigrioides splendensT.P.Lucas, 1890
  • Gnophria ceramensisSnellen von Vollenhowen, 1872
  • Oenistis entella braeckeliDebauche, 1938

Oeonistis delia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found from Sulawesi to New Caledonia, Samoa and Tonga.

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References

  1. Oeonistis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms