Aedia nigrescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Wallengren in 1856 in the genus Anophia.[1] It was originally found in the Southern Africa, later Central and West Africa.[2]

Aedia nigrescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Aedia
Species:
A. nigrescens
Binomial name
Aedia nigrescens
(Wallengren, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Anophia nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
  • Melanephia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)

Taxonomy

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The name Aedia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856) is a recombination, it is a homonym of Aedia nigrescens Grote & Robinson, 1866 which became a subjective synonym of Melipotis indomita (Walker, 1858)

References

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  1. ^ Wallengren, Hans Daniel Johan (1856). Kafferlandets Macroleidopter-Fauna. Anteckningar i Zoologien. Berlingska Boktryckeriet – via Googlebooks.
  2. ^ "Aedia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)". Digital African Moths. Retrieved 25 August 2024.