Baecula
| Baecula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Baecula Walker, 1856 |
| Species: | B. gallopavo
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| Binomial name | |
| Baecula gallopavo Walker, 1856
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Baecula is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Baecula gallopavo, is found in Venezuela. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1]
Butterflies and Moths of the World gives this name as a synonym of Lepidodes Guenée, 1852.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Baecula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Baecula Walker, 1856". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
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