Radiarctia melanochoria

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Radiarctia melanochoria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Radiarctia
Species:
R. melanochoria
Binomial name
Radiarctia melanochoria
(Hering, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma melanochroiumHering, 1932
  • Radiarctia melanochorium

Radiarctia melanochoria is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Erich Hering in 1932. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Radiarctia melanochorium (Hering, 1932)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 6, 2018.