Uranometra

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Uranometra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Drepaninae
Genus: Uranometra
Bryk, 1913
Species:
U. oculata
Binomial name
Uranometra oculata
(Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Callidrepana oculataHolland, 1893
  • Uranometra diagonalisBryk, 1913
  • Oreta sulphureaHampson, 1914

Uranometra is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. [1] It contains the single species Uranometra oculata, which is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda. [2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Uranometra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
  2. Afro Moths