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Species Argyrostrotis erasa - Erasa Chocolate - Hodges#8761

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Poaphilini
Genus Argyrostrotis
Species erasa (Erasa Chocolate - Hodges#8761)
Hodges Number
8761
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Argyrostrotis erasa (Guenée, 1852)
Poaphila erasa Guenée, 1852
Range
TL: Central America.
Print References
Guenée, M.A., 1852. Noctuelites, 3. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 7: 301.