Biology:Pseudandriasa

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of moths

Pseudandriasa
Pseudandriasa mutata BMNHE271167 male up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Pseudandriasa
Carcasson, 1968
Species:
P. mutata
Binomial name
Pseudandriasa mutata
(Walker, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Andriasa erubescens Walker, 1862
  • Lymantria mutata Walker, 1855

Pseudandriasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. Its only species, Pseudandriasa mutata, described by Francis Walker in 1855, is known from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1757304 entry