Papuasyntaxis

Papuasyntaxis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Papuasyntaxis
De Vos, 2009
Species: P. metallescens
Binomial name
Papuasyntaxis metallescens
(Rothschild, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Oeonistis metallescens Rothschild, 1912
  • Monosyntaxis metallescens

Papuasyntaxis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae, containing only one species, Papuasyntaxis metallescens, which is known only from central Papua Indonesia. However, it is probably also present in the central western part of Papua New Guinea.[1]

References

  1. ↑ The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia


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