Saurita tetraema
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| Saurita tetraema | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Saurita |
| Species: | S. tetraema |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurita tetraema Forbes, 1939 | |
Saurita tetraema is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1939. It is found on Barro Colorado Island in the middle of the Panama Canal.[1][2]
Note: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms both give the authority as "Fabes", but the original description, linked below, was by William T. M. Forbes.