Prosopidia caeruleocephala

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Prosopidia caeruleocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Prosopidia
Species:P. caeruleocephala
Binomial name
Prosopidia caeruleocephala
(Rothschild, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
  • Heliura caeruleocephalaRothschild, 1912

Prosopidia caeruleocephala is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1912.

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prosopidia caeruleocephala". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.