Biology:Psychophasma

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Short description: Genus of moths

Psychophasma
Psychophasma erosa - Guyane.jpg
Psychophasma erosa - French Guiana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Psychophasma
Butler, 1878
Species:
P. erosa
Binomial name
Psychophasma erosa
(Herrich-Schäffer, [1858])
Synonyms
  • Halysidota erosa Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
  • Halesidota albidator Walker, [1865]
  • Halesidota vitripennis Walker, 1869

Psychophasma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. Its only species, Psychophasma erosa, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1858. It is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil , Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7256469 entry