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Genus of moths

Pellecebra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lasiocampidae
Genus: Pellecebra
Prozorov & Zolotuhin, 2012
Species: P. superba
Binomial name
Pellecebra superba
Prozorov & Zolotuhin, 2012

Pellecebra is an Afrotropical monotypic genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. Its sole species, Pellecebra superba, is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—which is its type locality—the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria.

The holotype of P. superba is part of the collection of Lepidoptera specimen at Museum Witt Munich.

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Pellecebra superba Prozorov & Zolotuhin, 2012". Afromoths. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. "Type directory: Pellecebra". Museum Witt München. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
Taxon identifiers
Pellecebra


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