Phryganopsis plumosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Arctiinae
Genus:
Phryganopsis
Species:
P. plumosa
Binomial name
Phryganopsis plumosa
Mabille, 1900
Synonyms
  • Pelosia hispanica Witt, 1979
  • Pelosia plumosa (Mabille, 1900)
  • Phryganopsis unipuncta Hampson, 1905

Phryganopsis plumosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, South Africa,[1] Algeria. and southern Spain.[2]

The holotype was collected in 1898 in Madagascar's Antongil Bay by A. Mocquerys.[3]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Phryganopsis plumosa.
  • Mabille. (1900). "Lepidoptera nova malgassica et africana". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 68 (1899): 723–753.
  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Phryganopsis plumosa Mabille, 1900". Afromoths. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Note: As of October 2019, his species is not included in Afromoths.
  2. ↑ Derra & Hacker (1983). "Pelosia hellenica sp.n. eine neue Lithosiidae-Art aus Griechenland (Lepidoptera, Lithosiidae)". Entomofauna. 4 (20): 253-260.
  3. ↑ Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (MNHN)


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