Metexilisia
Appearance
Metexilisia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Lithosiini |
Genus: | Metexilisia Toulgoët, 1958 |
Species: | M. citrago
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Binomial name | |
Metexilisia citrago Toulgoët, 1958
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Metexilisia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its single species, Metexilisia citrago, is found in Madagascar. Both the genus and species were first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1958.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Metexilisia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ "Oldstyle id: 3e29d9bf22a2835b9cf056894b891b4f". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 21, 2015). "Metexilisia Toulgoët, 1958". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 29, 2019.