Pheia nanata

Pheia nanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Pheia
Species:	P. nanata
Binomial name
	Pheia nanata; Kaye, 1919

Pheia nanata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William James Kaye in 1919. According to Kaye, it has a black head and shoulders with metallic green spots. The first segment of its abdomen has sublateral red spots, and faint green dorsal spots.^[1] It is found in Peru.^[2]

References

^ Kaye, W.J. (1918). "Descriptions from the Joicey collection of new species of Syntomidae, Nymphalidae, and Hesperidae, and two genera of Syntomidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (9): 225–232. doi:10.1080/00222931808562370.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pheia nanata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Kaye, W.J. (1918). "Descriptions from the Joicey collection of new species of Syntomidae, Nymphalidae, and Hesperidae, and two genera of Syntomidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (9): 225–232. doi:10.1080/00222931808562370.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pheia nanata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

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