Scea subcyanea is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Peru.
| Scea subcyanea | |
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| Female, collected at Machu Picchu in 2001. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Genus: | Scea |
| Species: | S. subcyanea
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| Scea subcyanea | |
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Taxonomic history
editLouis Beethoven Prout initially described this taxon in 1918 as the subspecies Scea caesiopicta subcyanea;[2] S. caesiopicta is now considered a junior synonym of Scea gigantea. The type locality was given as "Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Oconeque to Aqualani, 6,000–9,000 ft".[2]
James S. Miller elevated S. subcyanea to species level in 2009.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Schintlmeister, Alexander (2013), Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera), World Catalogue of Insects, vol. 11, Leiden: BRILL, p. 398, doi:10.1163/9789004259188, ISBN 978-90-04-25918-8
- ^ a b c Prout, Louis B. (1918). "A provisional arrangement of the Dioptidae". Novitates Zoologicae. 25: 425.
- ^ Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 851. hdl:2246/5978.
External links
edit- Miller, James S.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2010). "Scea subcyanea Prout 1918". The Tree of Life Web Project.
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