Yelva

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Yelva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Yelva
Birket-Smith, 1965
Species:
Y. obscura
Binomial name
Yelva obscura
Birket-Smith, 1965

Yelva is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Yelva obscura, which is found in Nigeria. [1] [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Yelva obscura Birket-Smith, 1965". Afromoths. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Yelva Birket-Smith, 1965". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 12, 2020.