Scoturopsis seitzi
| Scoturopsis seitzi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae |
| Tribe: | Dioptini |
| Genus: | Scoturopsis |
| Species: | S. seitzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoturopsis seitzi Hering, 1925 | |
‘‘Scoturopsis’’ seitzi is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Bolivia.
Taxonomy
The species does not belong in Scoturopsis, but has not been placed in another genus yet. It is not even a member of the Dioptinae subfamily, but seems to be a quadrifid Noctuidae or perhaps a Lymantriidae or Arctiidae species.
References
- Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.
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