Marplena

Marplena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Marplena
Lane, 1973
Species: M. designina
Binomial name
Marplena designina
Lane, 1973

Marplena designina is a moth in the Drepanidae family and only species in the Marplena genus. Both species and genus were described by Lane in 1973.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Marplena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Afro Moths
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