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Racinoa metallescens

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Racinoa metallescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Racinoa
Species:
R. metallescens
Binomial name
Racinoa metallescens
(Möschler, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Opsirhina metallescens Möschler, 1887

Racinoa metallescens is a moth of the family Bombycidae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1887. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Ghana.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Racinoa metallescens (Möschler, 1887)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Möschler, 1887. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste