Raclia

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Raclia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Raclia
Walker, 1869
Species:
R. cervina
Binomial name
Raclia cervina
Walker, 1869

Raclia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Raclia cervina, is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1869. [2] [3]

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Scambina Walker, 1865. [4]

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Raclia cervina Walker, 1869". Afromoths. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 13, 2020). "Raclia Walker, 1869". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Raclia Walker, 1869". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Scambina​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 27, 2020.


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