Pheia nanata

Pheia nanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Pheia
Species: P. nanata
Binomial name
Pheia nanata
Kaye, 1919

Pheia nanata is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Kaye in 1919. According to Kaye, it has a black head and shoulders with metallic green spots. The first segment of its abdomen has sublateral red spots, and faint green dorsal spots.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

References

  1. Kaye, W.J. (1918). "Descriptions from the Joicey collection of new species of Syntomidae, Nymphalidae, and Hesperidae, and two genera of Syntomidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (9): 225–232. doi:10.1080/00222931808562370.
  2. LepIndex


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