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Paralpenus wintgensi

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Paralpenus wintgensi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Paralpenus
Species:
P. wintgensi
Binomial name
Paralpenus wintgensi
(Strand, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Acantharctia wintgensi Strand, 1909
  • Maenas nigrilinea Joicey & Talbot, 1921
  • Maenas paucipuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921
  • Hyphantria eborina Debauche, 1942

Paralpenus wintgensi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Strand in 1909. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[1]

Subspecies

  • Paralpenus wintgensi wintgensi
  • Paralpenus wintgensi zimbabweiensis Dubatolov, 2011 (Zimbabwe)

References