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Kintana

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Kintana is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Paul Griveaud in 1976. Its only species, Kintana ocellatula, was first described by Hering in 1926. It is found on Madagascar.[1][2][3]

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Kintana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Genus: Kintana
Griveaud, 1976
Species:
K. ocellatula
Binomial name
Kintana ocellatula
(Hering, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Dasychira ocellatula Hering, 1926
  • Dasychira ocellata Kenrick, 1914
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