| Phostria nicoalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Phostria |
| Species: | P. nicoalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phostria nicoalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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