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Genus of moths

Aphomoeoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Lymantriini
Genus: Aphomoeoma
Collenette, 1959
Species: A. mesembrinum
Binomial name
Aphomoeoma mesembrinum
Collenette, 1959

Aphomoeoma is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Aphomoeoma mesembrinum, is found on Madagascar. Both the genus and the species were first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1959.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (May 12, 2011). "Aphomoeoma Collenette, 1959". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Aphomoeoma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Aphomoeoma Collenette, 1959". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Aphomoeoma
Aphomoeoma mesembrinum


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