Biology:Upothenia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Upothenia
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Upothenia

Schaus, 1913
Species:
U. acutipennis
Binomial name
Upothenia acutipennis
(Schaus, 1912)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Hypothenia Schaus

Specific

  • Megachyta acutipennis Schaus, 1912

Upothenia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Upothenia acutipennis, is known from Costa Rica. Both the genus and the species were first described by William Schaus, the genus in 1913 and the species one year earlier.[1][2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7898415 entry