Eudalaca sanctahelena

Eudalaca sanctahelena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Eudalaca
Species: E. sanctahelena
Binomial name
Eudalaca sanctahelena
Viette, 1951

Eudalaca sanctahelena is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described from Saint Helena, from which its species epithet is derived.[1] However, research suggests it is not from Saint Helena, but probably southern Africa.

References

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)

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