Euplocia membliaria (Cramer, 1780) is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Euplocia membliaria (Cramer, 1780)

Euplocia membliaria (Cramer, 1780)

Euplocia membliaria is the only species in the monotypic Erebidae moth genus Euplocia, with a 70 mm wingspan found across parts of Southeast Asia.

Family
Genus
Euplocia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Euplocia membliaria (Cramer, 1780)

Euplocia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae, which was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. The genus contains only one species: Euplocia membliaria, first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. This species is found in a range stretching from the northeastern Himalayas to Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sundas. Its wingspan measures approximately 70 mm.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Euplocia

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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