Biology:Feigeria scops

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Short description: Species of moth

Feigeria scops
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Feigeria
Species:
F. scops
Binomial name
Feigeria scops
(Guénée, 1852)

Feigeria scops is a species of moth from the genus Feigeria.[1][2] It is known from Trinidad.[3]

Feigeria scops resembles Feigera alauda, but the latter has a smaller wing span and is less variable in appearance than F. scops.[3]

References

  1. Williams, Terry Tempest. Mariposas Nocturnas: Moths of Central and South America, A Study in Beauty and Diversity. Princeton University Press, 2017.
  2. "Feigeria scops" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/899652-Feigeria-scops. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Cock, Matthew J.W. (2020). "Witch moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Thermesiini) of Trinidad & Tobago". Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club (2020): 9, 26-28. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348414812_Witch_moths_Lepidoptera_Erebidae_Erebinae_Thermesiini_of_Trinidad_Tobago. Retrieved 22 August 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q25353377 entry