Euplocia
Genus of moths
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Euplocia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its only species, Euplocia membliaria, was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found from the northeastern Himalayas to Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas.[1]
| Euplocia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Euplocia Hübner, [1819] |
| Species: | E. membliaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Euplocia membliaria (Cramer, 1780) | |
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The wingspan is about 70 mm.