Pseudotuerta
Single-species genus of moths
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Pseudotuerta is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the Noctuidae family erected by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1977. Its only species, Pseudotuerta argyrochlora, was first described by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1964. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.[1][2][3]
| Pseudotuerta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaristinae |
| Genus: | Pseudotuerta Kiriakoff, 1977 |
| Species: | P. argyrochlora |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudotuerta argyrochlora (Carcasson, 1964) | |
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