Teracotona melanocera

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Teracotona melanocera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Teracotona
Species:
T. melanocera
Binomial name
Teracotona melanocera
(Hampson, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Seirarctia melanoceraHampson, 1920

Teracotona melanocera is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1920. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Teracotona melanocera (Hampson, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 2, 2018.