Pheia nanata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William James Kaye in 1919. According to Kaye, it has a black head and shoulders with metallic green spots. The first segment of its abdomen has sublateral red spots, and faint green dorsal spots.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]
| Pheia nanata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Pheia |
| Species: | P. nanata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pheia nanata Kaye, 1919
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References
edit- ^ Kaye, W.J. (1918). "Descriptions from the Joicey collection of new species of Syntomidae, Nymphalidae, and Hesperidae, and two genera of Syntomidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (9): 225–232. doi:10.1080/00222931808562370.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pheia nanata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.