Vietteania pinna

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Vietteania pinna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Vietteania
Species:
V. pinna
Binomial name
Vietteania pinna
(Saalmüller, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Leucania pinnaSaalmüller, 1891
  • Borolia longirostris(Berio, 1940)
  • Leucania paulianiRungs, 1956

Vietteania pinna is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa and its presence has been recorded in Congo, Eritrea, Madagascar and Tanzania. [1]

It has a wingspan of 29mm. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Leucania pinna Saalmüller, 1891". Afromoths. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. M.Saalmüller, 1892, Lepideptoren von Madagaskar - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft-17.Band-1892, page 253, ref.580