Phryganopsis plumosa

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Phryganopsis plumosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, South Africa,[1] Algeria. and southern Spain.[2]

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Phryganopsis plumosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Phryganopsis
Species:
P. plumosa
Binomial name
Phryganopsis plumosa
Mabille, 1900
Synonyms
  • Pelosia hispanica Witt, 1979
  • Pelosia plumosa (Mabille, 1900)
  • Phryganopsis unipuncta Hampson, 1905
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The holotype was collected in 1898 in Madagascar's Antongil Bay by A. Mocquerys.[3]

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