Biology:Pseudoscaptia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Pseudoscaptia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudoscaptia
Hampson, 1914
Species:
P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Pseudoscaptia rothschildi
(Draudt, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1912
  • Scaptesyle bicolor Rothschild, 1912 (non Walker, [1865])

Pseudoscaptia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Pseudoscaptia rothschildi, was first described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1912.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Vietnam, Thailand, as well as on Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.[3]

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