Prominea porrecta

Prominea porrecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Prominea
Species: P. porrecta
Binomial name
Prominea porrecta
(Saalmüller, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Capnodes Porrecta (Saalmüller, 1880)

Prominea porrecta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on the African Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.[2]

It has a winglength of approx. 16-17 mmn, wingspan around 33 mm.

References

  1. Saalmüller, M. 1880. Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden. - Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1879–1880:258–310.
  2. www.afromoths.net - Prominea porrecta

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