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Darcetina

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Darcetina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Darcetina
Felder, 1874
Species:
D. sublata
Binomial name
Darcetina sublata
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Bepara sublata Walker, 1865
  • Aucula sublata (Walker)
  • Aucula particolor Dyar, 1914
  • Gerra pulchra Draudt, 1919

Darcetina is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, containing only a single species, Darcetina sublata, found in Argentina and Brazil. The species was historically misclassified on multiple occasions, but in 2010 was determined to belong to the subfamily Agaristinae.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Becker, Vitor O. (August 2010). "Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zoologia (Curitiba). 27 (4). doi:10.1590/S1984-46702010000400009.