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Pseudoscaptia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Pseudoscaptia Hampson, 1914
Species:	P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Pseudoscaptia rothschildi (Draudt, 1912)
Synonyms
Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1912 Scaptesyle bicolor Rothschild, 1912 (non Walker, )

Pseudoscaptia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Pseudoscaptia rothschildi, was first described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1912. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Vietnam, Thailand, as well as on Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Pseudoscaptia Hampson, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
2. Dubatolov, V. V. (2012). "New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 11 (6): 507–512, 506, III.
3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pseudoscaptia rothschildi Draudt". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

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