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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ LepIndex
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