Pandesma decaryi

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Pandesma decaryi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pandesma
Species:
P. decaryi
Binomial name
Pandesma decaryi
Viette, 1966 [1]
Synonyms
  • Thria malgassicaBerio, 1966

Pandesma decaryi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to central & south-western Madagascar. [2]

Berio described this species in 1966 as looking very similar to Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852 as found in Eritrea. It has a wingspan of 38mm. [3]

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References

  1. Viette, P. 1966c. Noctuelles quadrifides de Madagascar nouvelles ou peu connues, II (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 71:140–152, pl. 1.
  2. afromoths.net
  3. Berio, E. 1966e. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae Africane e note sinonimiche. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 76:131