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Genus of moths

Darcetina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Darcetina
Felder, 1874
Species: D. sublata
Binomial name
Darcetina sublata
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Bepara sublata Walker, 1865
  • Aucula sublata (Walker)
  • Aucula particolor Dyar, 1914
  • Gerra pulchra Draudt, 1919

Darcetina is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, containing only a single species, Darcetina sublata, found in Argentina and Brazil. The species was historically misclassified on multiple occasions, but in 2010 was determined to belong to the subfamily Agaristinae.

References

  1. Becker, Vitor O. (August 2010). "Misplaced Neotropical Agaristinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zoologia (Curitiba). 27 (4). doi:10.1590/S1984-46702010000400009.
Taxon identifiers
Darcetina


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