Virbia xanthopleura

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Virbia xanthopleura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Virbia
Species:
V. xanthopleura
Binomial name
Virbia xanthopleura
(Hampson, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Ptychoglene xanthopleuraHampson, 1898

Virbia xanthopleura is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Grenada. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Virbia xanthopleura (Hampson, 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 9, 2019.