Ophyx elliptica

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Ophyx elliptica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ophyx
Species:
O. elliptica
Binomial name
Ophyx elliptica
Holloway, 1984 [1]

Ophyx elliptica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the Solomon Islands. [2]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Ophyx elliptica Holloway 1984". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Lepidopterorum Catalogus