Pitane (moth)

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Pitane
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Pitane
Walker, 1854

Pitane is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

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