Pleurosoma

Pleurosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pleurosoma
Orfila, 1935
Species: P. angustata
Binomial name
Pleurosoma angustata
(Möschler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Astridia Kiriakoff, 1948
  • Sphecosoma angustata Möschler, 1878
  • Sphecosoma gracilis Klages, 1906
  • Sphecosoma angustata f. nigriferum Dyar, 1910
  • Sphecosoma testacea Druce, 1884 (nec. Walker, 1854)

Pleurosoma is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Pleurosoma angustata, which is found in Guatemala, Panama, Surinam and Venezuela.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pleurosoma angustata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ↑ Sphecosoma at funet


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