Parabatella

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Parabatella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Lymantriini
Genus: Parabatella
Dall'Asta, 1981
Species:
P. polyploca
Binomial name
Parabatella polyploca
(Collenette, 1960)

Parabatella is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Ugo Dall'Asta in 1981. [1] Its only species, Parabatella polyploca, was first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1960. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this genus as a synonym of Dasychira Hübner, 1809 and the species as a synonym of Dasychira polyploca Collenette, 1961. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Parabatella Dall'Asta, 1981". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Parabatella polyploca (Collenette, 1960)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku (August 1, 2019). "Dasychira polyploca Collenette, 1961". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
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