Thysanoptyx incurvata

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Thysanoptyx incurvata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Thysanoptyx
Species:
T. incurvata
Binomial name
Thysanoptyx incurvata
(Wileman & West, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Eilema incurvataWileman & West, 1928

Thysanoptyx incurvata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It is found in Taiwan. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eilema incurvata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 14, 2018.