Scoturopsis seitzi

"Scoturopsis" seitzi is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Hering in 1925. It is found in Bolivia.

Scoturopsis seitzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Scoturopsis
Species:
S. seitzi
Binomial name
Scoturopsis seitzi
Hering, 1925

Taxonomy

The species does not belong in Scoturopsis, but has not been placed in another genus yet. It is not even a member of the subfamily Dioptinae, but seems to be a quadrifid Noctuidae or perhaps a Lymantriidae or Arctiidae species.

References

  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


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