Papuasyntaxis

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Papuasyntaxis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Papuasyntaxis
De Vos, 2009
Species:
P. metallescens
Binomial name
Papuasyntaxis metallescens
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Oeonistis metallescensRothschild, 1912
  • Monosyntaxis metallescens

Papuasyntaxis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Rob de Vos in 2009. Its only species, Papuasyntaxis metallescens, was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1912. It is known only from central Papua Indonesia; however, it is probably also present in the central western part of Papua New Guinea. [1]

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References

  1. de Vos, Rob. "Papuasyntaxis metallescens (Rothschild, 1912) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.