Phytometra pentheus

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Phytometra pentheus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phytometra
Species:
P. pentheus
Binomial name
Phytometra pentheus
Fawcett, 1916
Synonyms
  • Phytometra subflavalis pentheus(Fawcett, 1916)

Phytometra pentheus is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by James Farish Malcolm Fawcett in 1916. It is found in Eritrea and Somalia. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Phytometra subflavalis pentheus (Fawcett, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 19, 2019.