Hexamitoptera

Hexamitoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hexamitoptera; (Pagenstecher, 1885)
Species:	H. lawinda
Binomial name
	Hexamitoptera lawinda; Pagenstecker, 1885
Synonyms
	Generic; Poeciloptera Pagenstecher, 1885 (preocc.); Specific; Hypopyra lawinda Pagenstecher, 1885; Hexamitoptera lavinda Hampson, 1913;

Hexamitoptera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Hexamitoptera lawinda, is found in Indonesia (Nias, Sumatra),^[1] Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests. Both the genus and the species were first described by Pagenstecher in 1885.^[2]

Superfamily:Noctuoidea

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