Scotura bugabensis

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Scotura bugabensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Scotura
Species:
S. bugabensis
Binomial name
Scotura bugabensis
(Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Zunacetha bugabensisDruce, 1895
  • Stenoplastis albibasisWarren, 1907

Scotura bugabensis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Druce in 1895. It is found from Costa Rica south to south-eastern Peru at elevations between 0 and 600 meters

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