Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858

Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858

Psimada quadripennis is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Psimada (Noctuidae), described by Francis Walker in 1858 and found across South and Southeast Asia.

Family
Genus
Psimada
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858

Psimada is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Noctuidae. This genus contains only one species, Psimada quadripennis. This species is distributed across the Indian subregion, southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, Sundaland, Sulawesi, and Seram. Both the genus Psimada and its single species Psimada quadripennis were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Psimada

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

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