Biology:Trichopisthia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Trichopisthia
Trichopisthia igneotincta, Seringveld.jpg
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Genus:
Trichopisthia

Aurivillius, 1909
Species:
T. monteiroi
Binomial name
Trichopisthia monteiroi
H. H. Druce, 1887
Synonyms[1]
  • Trichopisthia pallida Fawcett, 1903

Trichopisthia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1909.[2][3][4] Its single species, Trichopisthia monteiroi, described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1887,[5] is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7840909 entry