Choeropais | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Agaristinae |
Genus: | Choeropais Jordan in Seitz, 1913 |
Species: | C. jucunda |
Binomial name | |
Choeropais jucunda (Jordan, 1904) | |
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Choeropais is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Choeropais jucunda, is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaire. Both the genus and species were first described by Karl Jordan, the genus in 1913 and the species nine years earlier in 1904.
References
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Choeropais jucunda (Jordan, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Choeropais". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- Savela, Markku (September 22, 2019). "Choeropais Jordan in Seitz, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Choeropais Jordan, 1913". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Choeropais | |
Choeropais jucunda |
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