Orontobia mooseri

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Orontobia mooseri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Orontobia
Species:
O. mooseri
Binomial name
Orontobia mooseri
de Freina, 1997

Orontobia mooseri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina in 1997. It is found in Tibet. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Orontobia de Freina, 1997". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 7, 2017.