Mallodeta
Genus of moths
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Mallodeta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. Its single species, Mallodeta clavata, was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.[1]
| Mallodeta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Mallodeta Butler, 1876 |
| Species: | M. clavata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mallodeta clavata (Walker, 1854) | |
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Former species
- Mallodeta cubana Gaede, 1926 now Phoenicoprocta capistrata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Mallodeta partheni (Fabricius, 1793) now Phoenicoprocta partheni (Fabricius, 1793)
- Mallodeta consors Walker, 1854 now Erruca consors (Walker, 1854)
- Mallodeta sanguipuncta Druce, 1898 now Erruca sanguipuncta Druce, 1898