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Scoturopsis seitzi

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Scoturopsis seitzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Scoturopsis
Species:
S. seitzi
Binomial name
Scoturopsis seitzi
Hering, 1925

‘‘Scoturopsis’’ seitzi is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Bolivia.

Taxonomy

The species does not belong in Scoturopsis, but has not been placed in another genus yet. It is not even a member of the Dioptinae subfamily, but seems to be a quadrifid Noctuidae or perhaps a Lymantriidae or Arctiidae species.

References

  • Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.