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Lepypiranga

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Lepypiranga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lepypiranga
Rego Barros, 1966
Species:
L. albiceps
Binomial name
Lepypiranga albiceps
(Rothschild, 1933)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Ypiranga Rego Barros, 1959 (preocc. Mello-Leitão, 1922)

Specific

  • Halysidota albiceps Rothschild, 1933
  • Halysidota albinucha Rothschild, 1935
  • Ypiranga nigrorubra Rego Barros, 1959


Lepypiranga is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae and subfamily Arctiinae described by Rego Barros in 1966. Its only species, Lepypiranga albiceps, was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Brazil.[1]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Lepypiranga Rego Barros, 1966". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 18, 2019.