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Erbessa pales

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Erbessa pales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Erbessa
Species:
E. pales
Binomial name
Erbessa pales
(H. Druce, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Metastatia pales H. Druce, 1893

Erbessa pales is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1893. It is found in Ecuador, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

The larvae feed on Miconia species.

References

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  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.