Ophyx inextrema

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Ophyx inextrema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Ophyx
Species:
O. inextrema
Binomial name
Ophyx inextrema
(Prout, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Pseudophyx inextremaProut, 1926
  • Ophyx simpliciorHolloway, 1984

Ophyx inextrema is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Prout in 1926. [1] It is found in Papua and on Buru in the Maluku Islands. [2]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Ophyx inextrema (Prout 1926)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. De Vos, Rob & Zilli, Alberto. "Pseudophyx inextrema Prout, 1926 | The Cocytiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Erebinae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved December 6, 2019.