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Tribe Pericopini

Tiger moth ?? - Gnophaela vermiculata Butterfly or moth? - Gnophaela discreta Gnophaela discreta Faithful Beauty - Composia fidelissima - male - female Faithful Beauty - Composia fidelissima - male Police Car Moth - Gnophaela vermiculata Gnophaela vermiculata? - Gnophaela vermiculata White spotted black diurnal moth - Gnophaela
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)
Tribe Pericopini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly subfamily Pericopinae; treated as a tribe of Arctiinae by Kitching and Rawlins (1999) - see reference on Arctiinae page
Internet References
description of group (Matthew Barnes, Moths of Belize)
pinned adult image of Gnophaela vermiculata (CBIF)
classification as a tribe within Arctiinae (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 January, 2006 - 4:16pm
Last updated 20 January, 2006 - 8:14pm

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