Phacusosia

Phacusosia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Phacusosia xanthosoma, is found in Papua New Guinea. Both the genus and species were described by George Hampson in 1911.[1]

Phacusosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Phacusosia
Hampson, 1911
Species:
P. xanthosoma
Binomial name
Phacusosia xanthosoma
Hampson, 1911
Synonyms
  • Phacusosia grandis Rothschild, 1913

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Phacusosia xanthosoma Hampson, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2018.


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