Selenoperas

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Selenoperas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae (?)
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Selenoperas
Hampson, 1926
Species:
S. caustiplaga
Binomial name
Selenoperas caustiplaga
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Capnodes caustiplagaHampson, 1896
  • Oruza fulviplagaWarren, 1913

Selenoperas is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. [1] Its only species, Selenoperas caustiplaga, is found in Bhutan. [2] Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1926 and the species in 1896.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Selenoperas​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Selenoperas Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved 24 January 2020.


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