Pseudarctia nivea

Pseudarctia nivea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pseudarctia
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Species: P. nivea
Binomial name
Pseudarctia nivea
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Synonyms
  • Acantharctia rubrifemora Bethune-Baker, 1913
  • Dasychira ugandensis Hering, 1926

Pseudarctia nivea is a species of tussock moth in the Erebidae family. The genus Pseudartcia includes only this species, which was previously classified in the Arctiinae (subfamily of tiger and lichen moths) but later reclassified as a tussock moth (Lymantriinae subfamily). The species was described by Aurivillius in 1899 and is found in Uganda.[1]

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