Siccia tau

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Siccia tau
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Siccia
Species:
S. tau
Binomial name
Siccia tau
(Heylaerts, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Aemene tauHeylaerts, 1891
  • Siccia tauHampson, 1900
  • Aemene tauSingh, Singh & Joshi, 2014

Siccia tau is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Franciscus J. M. Heylaerts in 1891. It is found in India, Java, [1] and Sri Lanka. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Aemene tau Heylaerts, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 via Academia.