Aedoea
| Aedoea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Aedoea Turner, 1899 |
| Species: | A. decreta |
| Binomial name | |
| Aedoea decreta (Butler, 1877)[1] | |
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Aedoea is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It contains only one species, Aedoea decreta, which is found in Borneo[2] and Australia.[3]
Males are small and pale dull yellow, although the forewings are darker and more orange than the hindwings.
Taxonomy
Aedoea monochroa is sometimes treated as a valid species.
References
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