Phoenicoprocta

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Phoenicoprocta
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Phoenicoprocta paucipuncta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Euchromiina
Genus: Phoenicoprocta
H. Druce, 1898
Synonyms
  • PhoenicoproctaHampson, 1898
  • HyelaWalker, 1854 (preocc. Stephens, 1850)

Phoenicoprocta is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Herbert Druce in 1898.

Species

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