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Porthmeia

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Porthmeia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. They are native to the island of New Guinea.[1][2][3]

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Porthmeia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Lymantriini
Genus: Porthmeia
Bethune-Baker, 1908
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Species

  • Porthmeia subnigra Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Porthmeia pyrozona Collenette, 1930
  • Porthmeia bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1908

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