Syntrichura melaena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Syntrichura |
Species: | S. melaena |
Binomial name | |
Syntrichura melaena Dognin, 1907 | |
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