Pleurosoma

Pleurosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Pleurosoma; Orfila, 1935
Species:	P. angustata
Binomial name
	Pleurosoma angustata; (Möschler, 1877)
Synonyms
	Astridia Kiriakoff, 1948; Sphecosoma angustata Möschler, 1878; Sphecosoma gracilis Klages, 1906; Sphecosoma angustata f. nigriferum Dyar, 1910; Sphecosoma testacea Druce, 1884 (nec. Walker, 1854);

Pleurosoma is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Orfila in 1935. Its single species, Pleurosoma angustata, was first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1877. It is found in Guatemala, Panama, Suriname and Venezuela.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pleurosoma angustata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Pleurosoma Orfila, 1935". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2019.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pleurosoma Orfila, 1935". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 15, 2021.

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