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Monotypic moth genus in family Drepanidae

Uranometra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Drepaninae
Genus: Uranometra
Bryk, 1913
Species: U. oculata
Binomial name
Uranometra oculata
(Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Callidrepana oculata Holland, 1893
  • Uranometra diagonalis Bryk, 1913
  • Oreta sulphurea Hampson, 1914

Uranometra is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. It contains the single species Uranometra oculata, which is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Uranometra​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. Afro Moths
Taxon identifiers
Uranometra


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