Biology:Asplenia melanodonta
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Short description: Species of moth
| Asplenia melanodonta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
| Tribe: | Armadini |
| Genus: | Asplenia Hampson, 1916 |
| Species: | A. melanodonta
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| Binomial name | |
| Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
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Asplenia melanodonta is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Asplenia of the family Noctuidae. The species is found in Africa. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1916 and the species in 1896.[1][2]
The subspecies Asplenia melanodonta chloridina is sometimes recognized as a species of this genus.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (October 10, 2004). "Asplenia Hampson, 1916". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acontiinae/asplenia/. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ASPLMELA. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Asplenia". https://www.gbif.org/species/1772390.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). Search results Family: Noctuidae. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS.
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