Pantydia metaphaea

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Pantydia metaphaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pantydia
Species:
P. metaphaea
Binomial name
Pantydia metaphaea
(Hampson, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
  • Isoura metaphaeaHampson, 1912

Pantydia metaphaea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [2]

The forewings are uniform brownish grey with black markings. [3]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Pantydia metaphaea (Hampson 1912)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. Naturkundliches Informationssystem
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. ""Pantydia" metaphaea Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved March 9, 2019.