Papuasyntaxis

Papuasyntaxis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Papuasyntaxis
De Vos, 2009
Species: P. metallescens
Binomial name
Papuasyntaxis metallescens
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Oeonistis metallescens Rothschild, 1912
  • Monosyntaxis metallescens

Papuasyntaxis is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family, containing only one species, Papuasyntaxis metallescens, which is known only from central Papua Indonesia. However, it is probably also present in the central western part of Papua New Guinea.[1]

References

  1. ↑ The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia


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