Phryganopsis plumosa

Phryganopsis plumosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Phryganopsis
Species: P. plumosa
Binomial name
Phryganopsis plumosa
Mabille, 1900
Synonyms
  • Pelosia hispanica Witt, 1979
  • Pelosia plumosa (Mabille, 1900)
  • Phryganopsis unipuncta Hampson, 1905

Phryganopsis plumosa is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, South Africa,[1] Algeria.[2] and southern Spain.[3]

The holotype was collected in 1898 in the Bay of Antongil by A.Mocquerys.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ afromoths, synonym
  3. ↑ Derra & Hacker 1983. Pelosia hellenica sp.n. eine neue Lithosiidae-Art aus Griechenland (Lepidoptera, Lithosiidae). Entomofauna 4(20):253-260
  4. ↑ Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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