Naarda xanthonephra Hampson, 1910 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Naarda xanthonephra Hampson, 1910

Naarda xanthonephra Hampson, 1910

Naarda xanthonephra is an erebid moth with two homonymous named species from Australia and Zambia, lacking a replacement name for the second one.

Family
Genus
Naarda
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Naarda xanthonephra Hampson, 1910

Scientific name: Naarda xanthonephra. According to the original description, Naarda xanthonephra is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1908, and it is found in Australia. A second distinct species sharing this exact name was described by George Hampson in 1910, and this second species originates from Zambia. As of the time this description was written, no replacement name has yet been assigned to Hampson's 1910 species.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Naarda

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

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