Phaeochlaena lampra is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1918. It is found from south-eastern Brazil south to Uruguay, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.
Phaeochlaena lampra | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Phaeochlaena |
Species: | P. lampra
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Binomial name | |
Phaeochlaena lampra L. B. Prout, 1918
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![A image of a Phaeichlaena lampra](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Phaeochlaena_lampra_263250273.jpeg/220px-Phaeochlaena_lampra_263250273.jpeg)
The larvae feed on Solanum species.
References
edit- Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.