Giria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by James Farish Malcolm Fawcett in 1916. Its only species, Giria pectinicornis, was first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1909. It is found from Liberia to Kenya
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Genus: | Giria Fawcett, 1916
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Species: | G. pectinicornis
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Giria pectinicornis (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
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References
edit- De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Giria pectinicornis (Bethune-Baker, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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