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Feigeria scops

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Feigeria scops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Feigeria
Species:
F. scops
Binomial name
Feigeria scops
(Guénée, 1852)

Feigeria scops is a species of moth from the genus Feigeria.[1][2] It is known from Trinidad.[3]

Feigeria scops resembles Feigera alauda, but the latter has a smaller wing span and is less variable in appearance than F. scops.[3]

References

  1. ^ Williams, Terry Tempest. Mariposas Nocturnas: Moths of Central and South America, A Study in Beauty and Diversity. Princeton University Press, 2017.
  2. ^ "Feigeria scops". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  3. ^ a b Cock, Matthew J.W. (2020). "Witch moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Thermesiini) of Trinidad & Tobago". Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club (2020): 9, 26–28. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

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