Penthophera morio | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Penthophera |
Species: | P. morio |
Binomial name | |
Penthophera morio Linnaeus, 1767 | |
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Penthophera morio is a moth species of subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767. [1] [2]
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