Stenoscaptia venusta

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Stenoscaptia venusta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Stenoscaptia
Species:
S. venusta
Binomial name
Stenoscaptia venusta
(T. P. Lucas, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Mosoda venustaT. P. Lucas, 1890

Stenoscaptia venusta is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1890. It is found in Australia, [1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Stenoscaptia venusta (Lucas, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory