Honeyania ragusana (Freyer, 1845) is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Honeyania ragusana (Freyer, 1845)

Honeyania ragusana (Freyer, 1845)

Honeyania ragusana is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Honeyania of family Erebidae, found from southeastern Europe to Australia.

Family
Genus
Honeyania
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Honeyania ragusana (Freyer, 1845)

Honeyania is a monotypic moth genus, meaning it contains only one species. It belongs to the family Erebidae, and was first formally erected by Emilio Berio in 1989. The single species in this genus is Honeyania ragusana, which was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1845. This species is distributed across the range starting from south-eastern Europe and extending through to Australia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae › Honeyania

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

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