| Paidia elegantia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Paidia |
| Species: | P. elegantia |
| Binomial name | |
| Paidia elegantia de Freina & Witt, 2004 | |
Paidia elegantia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 2004. It is found in southern Iran. [1]
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Lithosarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz Daniel in 1954. The moths in the genus are from western China and Himalayas.
Maurica is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from north-western Africa. The genus was erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984. Originally one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri(Lederer, 1855) from the Near East; but later it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna.
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Lithosarctia goergneri is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1994. It is found in Gansu, China.
Lithosarctia thomasi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1994. It is found in Tibet, China and Nepal.
Oroncus weigerti is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1985. It is found in northern Pakistan (Karakorum).
Paidia conjuncta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1892. It is found in Armenia, Turkey, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Paidia moabitica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina in 2004. It is found in Jordan.
Setina cantabrica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1985. It is found in Spain.
Eremocossus almeriana is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1990. It is found in south-eastern Spain.
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