Scoliacma albicostata

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Scoliacma albicostata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Scoliacma
Species:
S. albicostata
Binomial name
Scoliacma albicostata
Hampson, 1918

Scoliacma albicostata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Papua New Guinea. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths are a polyphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Erebidae family of insects

The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.

Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet was a British entomologist.

Taxonomy

The status of this species is uncertain. It is probably a female of Lambula flavobrunnea . [2]

Lambula flavobrunnea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Papua, Indonesia, where it is distributed in the Central Mountain Range.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Scoliacma albicostata Hampson, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. de Vos, Rob. "Scoliacma albicostata Hampson, 1918 | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.