Parasada

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Parasada
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Parasada
Hampson, 1910
Species:
P. carnosa
Binomial name
Parasada carnosa
Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
  • Lycauges carnosaHampson, 1893

Parasada is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. [1] Its only species, Parasada carnosa, is found in Sri Lanka and Japan. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1910, [2] and the species in 1893. [3] [4]

References

  1. (Animal Diversity Web)
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Parasada". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Parasada carnosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Parasada Hampson, 1910". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw . Retrieved October 9, 2020.