Stauropussa is a monotypic moth genus of the family of Notodontidae erected by Embrik Strand in 1912. Its only species, Stauropussa chloe, was first described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo.[1]

Stauropussa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Notodontinae
Genus: Stauropussa
Strand, 1912
Species:
S. chloe
Binomial name
Stauropussa chloe
(Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Somera chloe Holland, 1893
  • Stauropussa viridipennis Strand, 1912

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 29, 2019.